@article {471,
	title = {Narrative representation and fictionality in performative media},
	journal = {Frontiers of Narrative Studies},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018///},
	pages = {s5 - s23},
	abstract = {The transmedial discussion in this article shows that the terms narrative mediation and representation should be carefully distinguished from fiction or fictionality. The constitutive use of {\textquoteleft}real{\textquoteright} (or factual) artifacts in performative media (i. e. media which present embodied events, such as theater or film) provides a good example for the necessity of this distinction. Frequently these artifacts serve the purpose of a fictional discourse and certain definitions of fictionality (cf. Walton 1990) can be said to be fulfilled. However, a real-world artifact can by no means become itself fictive, but is rather used to represent a fictive entity. By focusing on representation and mediation instead, it becomes possible to compare theater with other performative media in terms of narrative representation: even though it is sense-physiologically unmediated, the functions of narrative mediation (i. e. selecting, ordering, presenting, commenting; cf. e. g. Chatman 1990) apply. The article establishes a dynamic system of representation that can be used for the analysis of all kinds of multichannel narrative media and thus rests the ongoing scholarly discussions of transmedial narrative representation on a much sounder theoretical basis. It distinguishes representation clearly from fictionality, and highlights the significance of theater in this discussion.},
	keywords = {fictionality, mediation, narrative representation, performative media, transmedial narratology},
	isbn = {2509-4882},
	url = {https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/fns.2018.4.issue-s1/fns-2018-0030/fns-2018-0030.xml?format=INT},
	author = {Horstmann, Jan}
}
