brechtian narrative drama as opposed to aristotelian drama initiated an enormous transformation in german dramatic literature. the major distinctive feature between aristotelian and non-aristotelian drama lies in the certain view and effect each one generates on the audience. according to brecht, aristotelian drama based on pity, fear, empathy, and catharsis results in passivity, lethargy, and ...

sense; the plot qua καθόλου is no particular play, but the general form of any number of dramas. The subsequent plot summary of Iphigenia among the Taurians (1455b3-12) confirms this sense of καθόλου as the form of the plot; Aristotle’s description excludes specific episodic details such as names and places, and is so concerned with the abstract organization of events that it even posits that t...

Interaction and Narrative is a chapter from Michael’s Ph.D. dissertation on Expressive AI (AI-based art and entertainment) [Mateas 2002]. A significant portion of the dissertation describes his collaborative work with Andrew Stern on the interactive drama Façade [Mateas & Stern 2004a; Mateas & Stern 2004b; Mateas and Stern 2003; Mateas and Stern 2002a; Mateas and Stern 2002b]; the purpose of th...

Façade is an artificial intelligence-based art/research experiment in electronic narrative – an attempt to move beyond traditional branching or hyper-linked narrative to create a fully-realized, one-act interactive drama. We are completing a three year collaboration to engineer a novel architecture that integrates emotional, interactive character behavior, drama-managed plot and shallow natural...

Interactive drama has been discussed for a number of years as a new form of AI-based interactive entertainment (Laurel 1986, Bates 1992). While there has been substantial technical progress in building believable agents (Bates, Loyall and Reilly 1992, Blumberg 1996, HayesRoth, van Gent and Huber 1996), and some technical progress in interactive plot (Weyhrauch 1997), no work has yet been comple...

Interactive drama has been discussed for a number of years as a new AI-based interactive experience (Laurel 1986, Bates 1992). While there has been substantial technical progress in building believable agents (Bates, Loyall and Reilly 1992, Blumberg 1996, Hayes-Roth, van Gent and Huber 1996), and some technical progress in interactive plot (Weyhrauch 1997), no work has yet been completed which ...

Book 24 of Homer’s Iliad presents us with one of the most beautiful and chilling scenes of the epic: the scene where Achilles and Priam directly face one another at the point when the suffering (pathos) of each seems to have reached its pinnacle. Achilles’ suffering is centered on the loss of his best friend Patroclus, while the suffering of Priam – although long in the making due to the attack...