Abstract
The guideline under review builds on the acquired knowledge of the field of narrativetheory. Its main references are to classical structuralist narratology, bothin terms of definitions (Todorov, Genette, Dolezel) and by way of its guiding principles,which strive for simplicity, hierarchy, minimal interpretation and a strictfocus on the annotation of text-intrinsic, linguistic aspects of narrative. Mostrecent attempts to do “computational narratology” have been similarly “structuralist”in outlook, albeit with a stronger focus on aspects of story grammar: thebasis constituents of the story are to some extent hard-coded into the languageof any story, and are thus more easily formalized. The present guideline goeswell beyond this restriction to story grammar. In fact, the guideline promisesto tackle aspects of narrative transmission from the highest level (author) to thelowest (character), but also demarcation of scenes at the level of plot, as well asfocalisation. Thus, the guideline can be said to be very wide in scope.
How to Cite:
Martens, G., (2020) “Annotating Narrative Levels: Review of Guideline No. 7”, Journal of Cultural Analytics 4(3). https://doi.org/10.22148/001c.11775 (external link, opens in new tab).