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Some Problems Concerning a Theory of Fiction(ality)
Ist Teil von
Style (University Park, PA), 2004-09, Vol.38 (3), p.302-323
Ort / Verlag
DeKalb: Pennsylvania State University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2004
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Problems of theory are often problems of language. In the manifold discussions concerning “fiction” and “fictionality” it is often the definition of these key terms that determines positions and arguments. This essay calls not for a single theory of fictionality but rather argues for a differentiated approach to the issue, taking into account that the nature of fictionality is based on a complex set of criteria. Rather than a purely comparative or classificatory concept, fictionality might be discussed as a “type” combining several traits. Here it is important to distinguish between “signals of fiction” and “characteristics of fiction,” the former being located within the communicative situation enable the audience to recognize fictional text as such. “Characteristics of fictionality,” on the other hand, are components of a theory that tries to reconstruct a historical understanding of fiction. Only with equal reference to both categories it is therefore possible to give a valid account of fictionality.