Abstract
Lubomir Dolezel is one of the most important literary theorists of the so-called fiction and possible worlds theory in the English world. In Dolezel's Heterocomica: Fiction and Possible Worlds, the author provides a conceptual framework of possible worlds against the one-world frame in traditional fiction study, arguing that fiction worlds are a special kind of possible worlds. Focusing on the fictional universe projected by literary texts and the discursive means of achieving fictional effects, he offers a new approach to narrative and fiction study. This paper is a complete review of the entire system of Dolezel's possible worlds theory, and argues that it is significantly illuminating to the development of China’s contemporary literary theory.
First Page
130
Last Page
140
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Yu. 2017. "Lubomir Dolezel's Literature Fiction and Possible Worlds Theory." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 37, (3): pp.130-140. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss3/9
