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Coincidence and counterfactuality : plotting time and space in narrative fiction. / Hilary P. Dannenberg.

By: Dannenberg, Hilary PContributor(s): Hilary P. DannenbergMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: : Brijwasi Book | : H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, DelhiPublication details: , Lincoln ; University of Nebraska Press , ©2008Description: xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24cmISBN: 9780803210936Subject(s): Fantasy fiction | Fiction Technique | Coincidence in literature | Space and time in literatureDDC classification: 809.393 DAN

Contents:

Theorizing time and space in narrative fiction Cognitive plotting : crossing narrative boundaries and connecting worlds Ontological plotting : narrative as a multiplicity of temporal dimensions Spatial plotting : paths, links, and portals Theorizing coincidence and counterfactuality The coincidence plot Counterfactuals and other alternate narrative worlds Coincidence and counterfactuality in the history of narrative fiction The metamorphoses of the coincidence plot The narrative evolution of counterfactuals

Summary: "In Coincidence and Counterfactuality, a groundbreaking analysis of plot, Hilary P. Dannenberg sets out to answer the perennial question of how to tell a good story. While plot is among the most integral aspects of storytelling, it is perhaps the least studied aspect of narrative. Using plot theory to chart the development of narrative fiction from the Renaissance to the present, Dannenberg demonstrates how the novel has evolved over time and how writers have developed increasingly complex narrative strategies that tap into key cognitive parameters familiar to the reader from real-life experience." "Dannenberg proposes a new, multidimensional theory for analyzing time and space in narrative fiction, then uses this theory to trace the historical evolution of narrative fiction by focusing on coincidence and counterfactuality. These two plot strategies are constructed around pivotal moments when characters' life trajectories, or sometimes the paths of history, converge or diverge."

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Theorizing time and space in narrative fiction
Cognitive plotting : crossing narrative boundaries and connecting worlds
Ontological plotting : narrative as a multiplicity of temporal dimensions
Spatial plotting : paths, links, and portals
Theorizing coincidence and counterfactuality
The coincidence plot
Counterfactuals and other alternate narrative worlds
Coincidence and counterfactuality in the history of narrative fiction
The metamorphoses of the coincidence plot
The narrative evolution of counterfactuals

"In Coincidence and Counterfactuality, a groundbreaking analysis of plot, Hilary P. Dannenberg sets out to answer the perennial question of how to tell a good story. While plot is among the most integral aspects of storytelling, it is perhaps the least studied aspect of narrative. Using plot theory to chart the development of narrative fiction from the Renaissance to the present, Dannenberg demonstrates how the novel has evolved over time and how writers have developed increasingly complex narrative strategies that tap into key cognitive parameters familiar to the reader from real-life experience." "Dannenberg proposes a new, multidimensional theory for analyzing time and space in narrative fiction, then uses this theory to trace the historical evolution of narrative fiction by focusing on coincidence and counterfactuality. These two plot strategies are constructed around pivotal moments when characters' life trajectories, or sometimes the paths of history, converge or diverge."

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