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Basic Cencepts
Che perspecCive of discourse-based approacbes, as S.L provides
Che sCarCing poinC for an analysis of fiction as consCiCuLing
a semanÉic domain idenLifiable by means of linguisLie
properLies. Ryan Éakes Éhese principles as a poinÉ of
deparCure tor her noLion of recentering. The basic idea behina
Chis notion is LhaL every world is Lila cenCer for iCs
inhabitants.’
5 Thus, if 1 am reading Hanilet, 1 do so with Che
awareness ChaL Lhe actual world where 1 uve is noÉ perceived as such by Che
characLers of Lhe ficCional world 1 am reading abouL. Thus, for
Che characters in Hanilet, Lhe actual world will be Lhe
imaginary - Lhough inspired in a hisLorical Lime and place -
world depicLed in the play.
Possible world Lheories as CexL Lheories are an
alCernaLive Lo pragmatic Cheories based on speech acÉs and
conversational implicature. They provide Che means of
considering a fictional world as a domain with lÉs own rules
and laws. They also provide Lhe means of analysing how conflicC
develops wiLhin Che ficCional world, from Che perspecCive of
Che conf ).icL beCween Che domains of characÉers and the sLaLus
quo in Lhe fictional world (see Ryan 199 lb>, or by observing
how specific ficCional types depart from accepted convenCions
or rules. To Lhis respecÉ, a possible world approach based on
CexCual principies leads Lo Che accepLance of what in logie
would be defined as impossaible worlcis. Dolezel makes Che
following observation with regard Co Che sCaLus of impossible
worlds:
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