{"product_id":"a-new-anatomy-of-storyworlds-what-is-what-if-as-if-hardcover","title":"A New Anatomy of Storyworlds: What Is, What If, as If - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie-Laure Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eA New Anatomy of Storyworlds\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e, from Saussure to Barthes, from Kafka to virtual reality--to interrogate key narratological concepts. By revisiting and redefining concepts such as narrator, plot, character, fictionality, mimesis, and diegesis, Ryan reexamines the major controversies that have enlivened narratology: Does narrative necessarily involve a narrator? Is the notion of implied author useful? Do texts that challenge our experience of the real world require a different narratology? Is the distinction between fictional and factual narratives gradual or binary? Ultimately, Ryan grounds narratology in the concept of world to propose an alternative to the rhetorical, feminist, unnatural, and cognitive approaches that currently dominate the field, thus broadening the frame through which we view story and world-building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie-Laure Ryan is an independent scholar based in Colorado. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNarrative as Virtual Reality: Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with Kenneth Foote and Maoz Azaryahu, of \u003ci\u003eNarrating Space\/Spatializing Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47571594412253,"sku":"9780814215081","price":166.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/c1RIbTd4WE8wcDhoS1c4Qzc3cUhWQT09.webp?v=1773377705","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-new-anatomy-of-storyworlds-what-is-what-if-as-if-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}