Computing Action : A Narratological Approach.
Title:
Computing Action : A Narratological Approach.
Author:
Meister, Jan Christoph.
ISBN:
9783110201796
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (362 pages)
Series:
Narratologia ; v.2
Narratologia
Contents:
Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Concepts of Action -- 1.1 Action as Project and Construct -- 1.2 Action: From Word to Concept -- 1.3 Philosophical Defi nitions of Action -- 1.4 The Elements of the Action Construct -- Part 2 The Computer-Aided Analysis of Narrated Action -- 2.1 Narratology and Literary Computing -- 2.2 The EventParser Program -- 2.3 Constructing episodes and actions -- 2.4 The EpiTest Program -- 2.5 Action Potential and action Product -- 2.6 Practical Analysis Using EpiTest -- Part 3 An Experiment in Action: Conversations of German Refugees -- 3.1 Critical Approaches to the Conversations -- 3.2 Describing the Conversations -- 3.3 Explaining the Conversations -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
The study takes a new approach to the phenomenon of narrated action in literary texts. It begins with a survey of philosophical approaches to the concept of action. In the second part, the combinatory model of action proposed is put into practice in the context of a computer-aided investigation of the action constructs logically implied by narrative texts. The third part presents a case study of Goethe's "Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten".
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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