the kalila & dimna is considered as one of the beautiful collections of stories written in the field of philosophy and politics. in other words, animals used in this book as symbols have incurred much impact and at the same time could keep the actual intentions of the author hidden. one of the fables in this book is about a lion and jackals that show how their hostilities turn into friendship. ...

I propose a narrative fabrication thesis of dream reports, according to which dream reports are often not accurate representations of experiences that occur during sleep. I begin with an overview of anti-experience theses of Norman Malcolm and Daniel Dennett who reject the received view of dreams, that dreams are experiences we have during sleep which are reported upon waking. Although rejectio...

This document describes how to re-purpose an existing agent technology called Virtual Institutions as a mechanism to define new “quest” elements in Massively Multiplayer Online Games based on MultiAgent Systems. Quests are a very important part of most Massive Online Games as they wield to flow and narrative of the game in a linear or non-

Gaming, gambling and visual material have been part of the human experience since recorded time. Before widespread literacy, visual metaphor was the first gaming interface and has remained a potent form of game experience. Fundamental design elements such as pictograms, representations, graphics, icons, symbols, figures, line art, composition, layout and color have played a continuous central r...

Previous research suggests that attorney opening and closing statement organizational patterns interact, affecting jurors’ negligence and damage awards (Spiecker & Worthington, 2003). Drawing upon unpublished data from this previous study, results of this analysis help to explain why some combinations of organizational patterns are more advantageous than others. Participants exposed to video-ta...

Most popular models of narratives and narrative analyses have been drawn on native stories, yet EFL learners’ narratives have not received due narrative analysis. The present study then aims at scrutinizing the structure of personal English stories as told by EFL learners. To this aim, three hundred narratives were collected through classroom discussions and interviews. Qualitative analysis met...