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Towards a Computational Model of Dramatic Tension Szilas, Nicolas Richle, Urs computational model of narrative dramatic tension structural writing structuralism narrative theories One of the approaches to generate narrative consists in modeling narrative in terms of a deep structure, as introduced by narrative theories in the middle of the 20th century. This papers revisits this computational approach, and raises the central issue of dramatic tension: Would it be possible to build a computational model of dramatic tension, where tension could be managed according to the well known ascending/descending dramatic curve? The paper describes a new computational model of narrative, based on a set of structural narrative elements (goals, tasks, obstacles, side-effects), a hierarchical and modular approach, a paradox-based model of dramatic tension and a solution for managing endings. The papers illustrates this theoretical model with a full example. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Nicolas Szilas and Urs Richle 2013 Is Part Of OASIcs, Volume 32, 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-41647 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode