Causal networks have been successfully used to explain the process of narrative comprehension in humans (Trabasso et al., 1989). This motivated their use in the automatic creation of fairy tales (Swartjes and Theune, 2006; Theune et al., 2007). Some have suggested that causal relations also play an important role in improving narrative generation from real-life temporal data (Hunter et al., 201...

dans cet article, nous analyserons le discours narratif dans haft peykar, l’œuvre de nézami, afin d’étudier les éléments de l’acte narratif : la personne, le héros/narrateur, la fonction narrative et le destinataire. on examinera ainsi la structure des récits des sept princesses et ceux des sept prisonniers, constituant deux cycles de récits dans le récit principal. nous constaterons ainsi la v...

OBJECTIVE To develop an electronic health record that facilitates rapid capture of detailed narrative observations from clinicians, with partial structuring of narrative information for integration and reuse. DESIGN We propose a design in which unstructured text and coded data are fused into a single model called structured narrative. Each major clinical event (e.g., encounter or procedure) i...

MOTT, BRADFORD WAYNE. Decision-Theoretic Narrative Planning for Guided Exploratory Learning Environments. (Under the direction of James C. Lester and R. Michael Young.) Interactive narrative environments have been the focus of increasing attention in recent years. A key challenge posed by these environments is narrative planning, in which a director agent orchestrates all of the events in an in...

this article examines capacity of rational dialogues to achieve ethical universalism. in positive attitude, rational ability considered as most important reason for possibility of achievement to common social-political norms and rights. rational dialogue, by creating a suitable space for dialogue beyond the private interests and involvement of state power; searches consensus on foundation of so...

We present a model for structuring computer-based narratives so that viewers can interact without changing the story. Instead, interactions reveal the story through varying perspectives and at varying levels of detail. The story maintains its integrity while taking on progressively deeper meanings. Viewers are like members of a Greek chorus who query characters and comment on events. We describ...

Challenges of designing an educational game cause an ongoing debate that while one side proposes ludology as the key for a computer game, other side proposes narratology as the most important part of game environment. Ludologic attributes of games have been preferred more than narrative ones. However, results of studies attempted to reveal importance of narrative structures and storytelling for...

Research on narrative identity has traditionally focused on how narrative characteristics are related to personality and well-being in adults. The present pair of studies with college students (Study 1, n= 62; Study 2, n= 68 couples) examined the dynamic conversational processes that might be part of constructing that identity. We examined the characteristics of personal meanings, operationaliz...