Modeling foreshadowing in narrative comprehension for sentimental readers

Byung Chull Bae, Yun Gyung Cheong, Daniel Vella

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Abstract

Foreshadowing is a narrative technique of manipulating the reader's inferences about the story progression. This paper reviews research on foreshadowing and reader comprehension in narratology and cognitive science. We use the term sentimental reader to refer to sophisticated readers who make active efforts in their reading experiences, and then we list various examples of foreshadowing found in novels, films, and games, discussing their impact on the sentimental reader's reasoning process. We further present an example of interactive fiction associated with the use of foreshadowing and conclude with future work.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInteractive Storytelling - 6th International Conference, ICIDS 2013, Proceedings
Pages1-12
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference for Interactive Storytelling, ICIDS 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 6 Nov 20139 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8230 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference6th International Conference for Interactive Storytelling, ICIDS 2013
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period6/11/139/11/13

Keywords

  • Foreshadowing
  • Narrative comprehension
  • Reader model

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