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Thesis:
This thesis is a re-examination of the overused and misunderstood medium “interactive narrative.” Though there are many works that try to discuss the theory of interactive narrative, very few offer anything in terms of critical understanding. By contrast, this thesis tries to find the definition for the word and expose the concepts that make it different from other forms of media and interactive media, such as interactive fiction, interactive storytelling, interactive drama, and interactive story. The concepts outlined include sections on suspension of freedom, interactive story, interactive discourse, and co-authorship. This
thesis approaches defining interactive narrative by
first understanding its component concepts and theories,
and examines theoretical ways to combine these components
effectively from both a game and non-game perspective.
Most importantly, this work pulls in often overlooked
concepts from media and narrative, including several
related to user freedom, anthropomorphism, discourse,
focalization, agents, elements of common structure
and genre theory. The last two sections of the thesis
combine concepts to explain the theoretical evolution
of interactive narrative, as well as future expansion
into this new medium.
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