Introduction The Range of the Impossible

One of the most interesting things about fictional narratives is that they not only reproduce the empirical world around us; they also often contain nonactualizable elements that would simply be impossible in the real world. Ruth Ronen (1994, 45) writes that “fiction can construct impossible objects...

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Published inUnnatural Narrative p. 3
Main Author JAN ALBER
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published UNP - Nebraska 01.03.2016
Subjects
Arts
Communications
Fiction
Literary elements
Literary genres
Literary history
Literary modes
Literary postmodernism
Literary studies
Literature
Logic
Logical impossibility
Logical topics
Modal logic
Narrative modes
Narrative point of view
Narratives
Narratology
Narrators
Nonstandard logics
Novels
Philosophy
Postmodern literature
Social sciences
Written narratives
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Summary:One of the most interesting things about fictional narratives is that they not only reproduce the empirical world around us; they also often contain nonactualizable elements that would simply be impossible in the real world. Ruth Ronen (1994, 45) writes that “fiction can construct impossible objects and other objects that clearly diverge from their counterparts in the actual world.” Mark Currie (2007, 85) goes one step further by arguing that “the impossible object, and even the impossible world, is of course the very possibility of fiction.” Indeed many fictional narratives confront us with bizarre worlds that are governed by principles
ISBN:9780803278684
0803278683
DOI:10.2307/j.ctt1d4v147.4