The Concept of Possible Worlds as a Theoretical Basis for the Study of Autobiographical Siscourse: Based on Akaki Tsereteli’s “My Adventure” Cover Image

შესაძლო სამყაროების კონცეპტი, როგორც ავტობიოგრაფიული დისკურსის კვლევის თეორიული საფუძველი აკაკი წერეთლის "ჩემი თავგადასავლის" მიხედვით
The Concept of Possible Worlds as a Theoretical Basis for the Study of Autobiographical Siscourse: Based on Akaki Tsereteli’s “My Adventure”

Author(s): Irakli Khvedelidze
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Georgian literature
Published by: ლიტერატურის ინსტიტუტის გამომცემლობა
Keywords: narratology; autobiography; the theory of possible worlds; “My Adventure”;

Summary/Abstract: Determining the narratological basis of the autobiographical genre is a research desideratum. To partially deal with this task, the concept of possible worlds is used in this paper. Based on this concept, it is shown how the experience of the autobiographer is constructed. The concept of possible worlds was first developed in the field of analytical philosophy and later used by narratologists as a theoretical framework for the analysis of literary texts, according to which the dynamics of the development of events are explored. Concerning this concept, some aspects are considered: Narrative universe is assumed to exist independently of the real world, it has its modal semantics: the modality of the events presented is determined by textual data, the consideration of historical facts is not necessary. The center of the narrative universe is the actual world, which is enclosed by the alternative worlds. The actual world has the absolute status to which the word physically existing/objective corresponds. The alternate worlds, on the other hand, are constructed through the mental processes of the characters

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 80-100
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Georgian