Respond to each of the following prompts. In total, your response to these prompts should have a word count of at least 350 words. MLA format.
Make sure that your post reflects the following criteria:
• Offers a different and unique, but relevant, perspective; (substantial and engage with specific aspects of the texts)
• Contributes to moving the discussion and analysis forward;
• Includes some evidence, argumentation, or reflective thinking;
• Does not include personal opinions or value judgments.
1) Gerald Prince gives an outline of narratology as a field. As we have seen in the previous weeks, defining the domain of a disciple can be difficult. Prince’s own definition explicitly restrictive: “Not everything is (a) narrative and not every representation is. For an entity, it must be analyzable as the representation of one (or more than one non-randomly connected, non-simultaneous, and non-contradictory) transformation of one (or more than one) state of affairs, one (or more than one) event which is not logically presupposed by the transformed state and/or does not logically entail its transform.” (Prince 2003, 5f.) Would this definition of narrative include or exclude video games? Why?
2) Fotis Jannidis, contrary to Prince, stresses the importance of media in narratology. Why does he consider computer games to be distinct from other media regarding narratology?
3) Jannidis abandons “the idea of universal narrative entity”; instead, he presupposes an “archetypical narrative situation” (Jannidis 2003, 41). Can you name possible examples for what he has in mind?
4) Jannidis touches on the differentiation between representation (or discourse) and story (or histoire). In your own words, what is the difference between both?
5) After reading the texts, think about something you would like to have explained to you. Come up with at least one question for your fellow students.
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