Narrative Theory, Literature, and New Media Barbara Bregstein As the first systematic attempt

As the first systematic attempt to probe the linguistic strategies of Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism

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Drawing from theoretical traditions such as critical realism and new institutionalism

Narrative Theory, Literature, and New Media Barbara Bregstein As the first systematic attemptOffering an interdisciplinary approach to narrative, this book investigates storyworlds and minds in narratives across media, from literature to digital games and reality TV, from online sadomasochism to oral history databases, and from horror to hallucinations. It addresses two core questions of contemporary narrative theory, inspired by recent cognitive scientific developments: what kind of a construction is a storyworld, and what kind of mental