A Theory of Impossible Worlds (Metalepsis)

Authors

  • Alfonso Martín-Jiménez Depto. de Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad de Valladolid Plaza del Campus, s/n 47011 Valladolid (España) , Depto. de Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad de Valladolid Plaza del Campus, s/n 47011 Valladolid (España)

Keywords:

fictional genres, non-fictional genres, world of the autor, world of the characters, impossible worlds, metalepsis

Abstract

The purpose of this work is threefold: First, to develop a textual model of literary genres based on generic categories, natural and elemental, capable of being applied to all literary texts, existing or imaginable; second, to attempt to explain the relation between literary genres and fictionality, to show that there are fictional and non-fictional literary genres; third, to build on the theory of possible worlds with a complementary theory of impossible worlds capable of explaining cases of rupture in fictional logic, or metalepsis. The distinct possibilities of rupture in fictional logic will be exemplified, explaining their characteristics and representing them graphically through the proposed textual model of literary genres.

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Published

2015-01-29

Issue

No. 6 (2015)

Section

ARTICLES

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Alfonso Martín-Jiménez

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How to Cite

A Theory of Impossible Worlds (Metalepsis). (2015). Castilla. Estudios De Literatura, 6, 1-40. https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/castilla/article/view/262