The Rational and the Impossible
- I shall take a look at a cluster of problems: the relation between fictional and actual worlds, between fictionality and narration, between action and rationality, between action and agent or subject, and between world, enunciation and subject in light of two important theoretical works, both from 1991. My choice of references is not entirely arbitrary: their basic approach shows certain similarities that underline the shortcomings of both in dealing with literature, in spite of the stimulating arguments they unfold. But they also show marked differences that allow us to develop their argument further. The books are Paisley Livingston's 'Literature and Rationality' and Marie-Laure Ryan's 'Possible Worlds, Artificial Intelligence, and Narrative Theory'.
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| Author: | Svend Erik Larsen |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-435196 |
| ISSN: | 1432-5306 |
| Parent Title (German): | Komparatistik : Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft |
| Publisher: | Synchron |
| Place of publication: | Heidelberg |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2017/12/19 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2004 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Creating Corporation: | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft |
| Release Date: | 2017/12/19 |
| GND Keyword: | Literaturtheorie; Erzähltheorie; Rationalität; Handlung; Literatur; Naturwissenschaften; Philosophie; Künstliche Intelligenz; Mögliche Welt |
| Volume: | 2003/2004 |
| Page Number: | 9 |
| First Page: | 31 |
| Last Page: | 39 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 426568281 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik |
| Sammlungen: | CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft |
| CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft / Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Autoren | |
| BDSL-Klassifikation: | 03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft / BDSL-Klassifikation: 03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft > 03.06.00 Literaturtheorie |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Komparatistik : Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft / Komparatistik : Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft ; 2003/2004 |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-441373 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
