Possible Worlds, Artificial Intelligence, and Narrative Theory

by Marie-Laure Ryan

In this important contribution to narrative theory, Marie-Laure Ryan applies insights from artificial intelligence and the theory of possible worlds to the study of narrative and fiction. For Ryan, the theory of possible worlds provides a more nuanced way of discussing the commonplace notion of a fictional "world," while artificial intelligence contributes to narratology and the theory of fiction directly via its researches into the congnitive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253350042
• ISBN13: 9780253350046
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher