magical realism is a new method in fiction. in this method the author uses the technique of magic and fantasy that mixed with reality. najib mahfouz and gholam hussein saedi are the pioneers of this style.one thousand and one nights and mourners of bayal are examples of magical realism method. this paper attempts to examine these stories. magic and fantasy, myth and the duality of the two stori...

“anzarna”, in the verse number 104 of the surah baqare, is a term that god recommend to believers use of it instead of word “raena”. so that they can cut excuse of jesses for mocking believers. this verse has been come after soliman and haroot and maroot in the verses number 103 and 102 of surah baqare. on the other hand the term nazar with different configuration and structure including “fanzo...

In this paper we argue that narrative and story are important elements of gamification, and we describe a framework that we have developed which adds a story to an 11 week cyber security course. The students play the part of a new IT security employee at a company and are asked to complete a number of security tasks, for which they receive flags. The students can send the flags they find to a n...

The effects of structure and content variables on memory and comprehension of prose passages were studied in two experiments. The experimental passages exemplify a class of simple narrative stories that is described by a generative grammar of plot structures. A comprehension model is proposed that assumes a hierarchical organizational framework of stories in memory, determined by the grammar, r...

Online multiplayer gaming has emerged as a popular form of entertainment. the course of a multiplayer game, playerinteractions may result in interesting emergent narratives that go unnoticed. Afterthought is a system that monitors player activity, recognizes instances of story elements in gameplay and renders cinematic highlights of the story-oriented game play, allowing players to view these e...

CS4900 teaches the practices of innovation. Learning these practices is part of the educational requirements for the entire NPS. Because innovating is one of the four central practices of computing professionals, the CS Faculty have included the lab courses 4900 and 4901 in the required curriculum. The story of the World Wide Web, a famous innovation in which computer scientists participated, r...

Stories capture the characteristics of the design space and audience that designers and engineers need to understand to build a complete and useful software experience. A story is a design communication tool that transcends the cultural divides of multidisciplinary teams and intertwines a technology with its user’s goals. This article describes how stories are powerful tools in software design,...

Limited access to space, costly props, and complicated authoring technologies are among the many reasons why children can rarely enjoy the experience of authoring roomsized interactive stories. Typically in these kinds of environments, children are restricted to being story participants, rather than story authors. Therefore, we have begun the development of “StoryRooms,” room-sized immersive st...

Narrative-rich game genres such as role playing games and adventure games aim at specific dimensions of user enjoyment. Technology development in “Interactive Storytelling” will enrich such narrative-based player experiences in the near future, yet the conceptualization and empirical assessment of how players respond to interactive narrative and their own role within the game story is underdeve...