Coincidence and counterfactuality : plotting time and space in narrative fiction /
Dannenberg, Hilary P.
Lincoln, Neb. ; London : University of Nebraska Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-282) and index.
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.
Space and time in literature.
Coincidence in literature.
Fiction
Fantasy fiction, English