Towards a Formal Model of Narratives

In this paper, we propose the beginnings of a formal framework for modeling narrative \textit{qua} narrative. Our framework affords the ability to discuss key qualities of stories and their communication, including the flow of information from a Narrator to a Reader, the evolution of a Reader's...

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Main Authors: Castricato, Louis, Biderman, Stella, Cardona-Rivera, Rogelio E, Thue, David
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