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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257

Towards a Computational Model of Dramatic Tension

Authors: Nicolas Szilas and Urs Richle

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 32, 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative

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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.

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Nicolas Szilas and Urs Richle. Towards a Computational Model of Dramatic Tension. In 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 32, pp. 257-276, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2013)

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@InProceedings{szilas_et_al:OASIcs.CMN.2013.257,
  author =	{Szilas, Nicolas and Richle, Urs},
  title =	{{Towards a Computational Model of Dramatic Tension}},
  booktitle =	{2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative},
  pages =	{257--276},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-57-6},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2013},
  volume =	{32},
  editor =	{Finlayson, Mark A. and Fisseni, Bernhard and L\"{o}we, Benedikt and Meister, Jan Christoph},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-41647},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257},
  annote =	{Keywords: computational model of narrative, dramatic tension, structural writing, structuralism, narrative theories}
}

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