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A New Anatomy of Storyworlds What Is, what If, as If

Hardcover • 2022 • English

A New Anatomy of Storyworlds What Is, what If, as If

By Marie-Laure Ryan

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The question of how narratives actually do the work of world-building transcends disciplines: from cosmology to philosophy, digital culture, popular culture, and literary theory. In A New Anatomy of Storyworlds, Marie-Laure Ryan investigates the narratological importance of the concept of world in its various manifestations. She uses a wide array of works--from Sokal's hoax to Maus, from Saussure to Barthes, from Kafka to virtual reality--to interrogate key narratological concepts. By revisiting...Show more

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ISBN

9780814215081

Publisher

Ohio State University Press

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

A New Anatomy of Storyworlds What Is, what If, as If

Format

Hardcover

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