The Study Of Marie-Laure Ryan's Digital Narrative Theory

Digital narrative is the kind of narrative which is computer-based or Internet-based.Digital narrative theory is an interdisciplinary theory that integrates contemporary computer science,literary theory,game science,possible world thought,and cognitive psychology.It belongs to postclassical narratology.The research object of this article is Mary-Laure Ryan's digital narrative theory.It explains the inevitability and necessity of the emergence of digital narrative theory from the era background in which digital narrative emerged.From the academic background of Ryan and the domestic or foreign research on her theory,it is valuable to research Ryan's digital narrative theory.Based on the general definition of digital narrative concept and the introduction of related research results of early representative theorists,we can find that Ryan's digital narrative theory research adopts the doctrine of traditionalism and expansionism,and has a relatively systematic theoretical framework: first of all,its research on digital narrative theory has a certain foundation.Possible world theory provides Ryan 's theoretical research with the metaphor of “text as the world”.“Text world” becomes the object of construction and experience of digital narrative.The study of media reflects the "legality" of the existence of digital narratives from a more specific connotative level.According to the contents of Ryan's related works,the main types of digital narratives are divided into interactive fiction,hypertext,online narrative,interactive drama and narrativecontaining digital games.From the process of their creation,we can find that there is a contradiction between narrative and interaction in the creation of digital narrative.Ryan proposed a solution of "text structure" and "interactive mode".After research,I find "text structure" and "interactive mode" are dialectically unified.The text structure provides the premise for readers' interaction under the premise of ensuring narrative nature.The author sets the choices that users can make in advance;The interaction mode is mainly for digital narrative,which mainly distinguishes four interaction modes.They correspond to some forms of textual architecture,and embody the classic narrative perspectives such as the narrative focus and narrative level of classic narratology;The work was eventually read by readers,and Ryan conducted some research on the experience of digital narrative.It explains the immersion and interaction in the narrative experience,and combines them to investigate.It proposes that the ultimate goal of narrative is to achieve interactive immersion so that readers can experience the narration in a physical and mental way.