Date of Award
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
Using Marie-Laure Ryan's definition of the law of minimal departure, I propose an important addendum, the clause of congruency. It is necessary to delve deeper into the connection a reader makes with a textual possible world and its relation to the actual world. The textual world, with all its various rules and mores, becomes just as accessible to the reader as the world he currently resides in, so long as it flows along in a logical manner. It is only when something appears that is incongruent with the reader's understanding of the textual world, the reader is forced to dissemble his current textual world and build a new one. Ray Bradbury utilizes the clause of congruence to reveal meaning in three of his novels.
Extent
50 p.
Recommended Citation
Adamo, Nicole Maria, "clause of congruency: A possible worlds reading of three novels of Ray Bradbury" (2002). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 354.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/354
Identifier
FADT12964
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Adviser: Thomas L. Martin.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection