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A Brief Survey of Possible-Worlds Literary Semantics
A Brief Survey of Possible-Worlds Literary Semantics

Author(s): Maria Ştefănescu
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: possible-worlds literary theory; fictional reference; sense and reference; intensional vs. the extensional semantics of fiction; interdisciplinary transfers

Summary/Abstract: The paper attempts to offer a brief introductory account of possible-worlds literary theory, with particular emphasis being lain on issues such as fictional reference, the relationship between sense and reference, the intensional vs. the extensional semantics of fiction, the manifold aspects involved in interdisciplinary transfers.

  • Issue Year: 8/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 255-260
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English