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Revisions for Fictional vs. Factual Narration

Revision	Operations
20. September 2013 by Wilhelm Schernus	current revision
9. September 2013 by Jan Horstmann
9. September 2013 by Jan Horstmann
2. July 2013 by Jan Horstmann

Definition
Explication
The Validity of the Fact/Fiction Opposition
Fact and Fiction, Narrative and Non-narrative
Types of Fiction
Mimesis and the Fact/Fiction Distinction
History of the Concepts and their Study
The Semantic Definition of the Fact/Fiction Difference
Syntactic Definitions
The Pragmatic Status of Narrative Fiction: Imagination and Playful Pretense
Simulation, Immersion and the Fact/Fiction Divide
Topics for Further Investigation
Bibliography
Works Cited
Further Reading

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