Possible Worlds in Literary Theory

Ruth (Tel-Aviv University) Ronen

Cambridge University Press, 1994

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The concept of possible worlds, originally introduced in philosophical logic, is here used to explain the notion of fictional worlds. Through a comparative reading of the use of possible worlds in philosophy and in literary theory Ruth Ronen proposes a radical rethinking of fictionality in general and fictional narrativity in particular.

ISBN-13
9780521450171
ISBN-10
0521450179
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
Publication date
1994-05-26
Pages
260
Dimensions
225x146x26
Weight
416