Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-327) and indexes
The narrated action in literary texts is the focus of this book. After surveying different philosophical approaches to the concept of action a new model of action is formed. The second part of the study puts the action model into practise in the context of a computer-aided investigation
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
Verlag:
Walter De Gruyter, Berlin [u.a.]
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EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA
The narrated action in literary texts is the focus of this book. After surveying different philosophical approaches to the concept of action a new model of action is formed. The second part of the study puts the action model into practise in the...
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The narrated action in literary texts is the focus of this book. After surveying different philosophical approaches to the concept of action a new model of action is formed. The second part of the study puts the action model into practise in the context of a computer-aided investigation.
