Fiction, non-factuals, and the principle of minimal departure
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In interpreting fiction, we use the principle of minimal departure to make sense of the world.
“Ryan (1980) argues that interpreting fiction, we use the principle of minimal departure to make sense of the world.”
From Real-time hermeneutics: meaning-making in ludonarrative digital games (2018) · cites this paper as Ryan (1980)
The principle of minimal departure states that we interpret fiction as being the closest equivalent to the reality we know.
“The principle states that we interpret fiction as being the closest equivalent to the reality we know.”
From Real-time hermeneutics: meaning-making in ludonarrative digital games (2018) · cites this paper as Ryan (1980)
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- Authors
- Ryan, M.-L.
- Corresponding author
- Ryan, Marie-Laure
- ORCID
- Ryan, Marie-Laure
- Venue
- Poetics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1980-08
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 403-422
- ISSN
- 0304-422X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2016857616
- Cited by
- 246
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 56.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Poetics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art
- Keywords
- fiction, counterfactuals, dreams and fantasies, pronoun reference
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