Most storytelling systems to date rely on manually coded knowledge, the cost of which usually restricts such systems to operate within a few domains where knowledge has been engineered. Open Story Generation systems are capable of learning knowledge necessary for telling stories in a given domain. In this paper, we describe a technique that generates and communicates stories in language with di...

We experimentally demonstrate full two-dimensional focalization of light beams at visible frequencies by a three-dimensional woodpile photonic crystal. The focalization (the flat lensing) with focal distances of the order of 50-70 μm is experimentally demonstrated. Experimental results are compared with numerical calculations and interpreted by harmonic expansion studies.

This paper outlines a cognitive linguistics framework for an analysis of narratives. It uses the theory of conceptual integration to propose a way of accounting for the emergence of narrative meaning and the correlations between form and interpretation. Processing the language of a narrative text, be it a novel, a film, or a play, is a crucial component of narrative comprehension. The research ...

It is now well-established that the so-called focalization property plays a central role in the design of programming languages based on proof search, and more generally in the proof theory of linear logic. We present here a sequent calculus for non-commutative logic (NL) which enjoys the focalization property. In the multiplicative case, we give a focalized sequentialization theorem, and in th...

In this paper, I explore instances in which video games convey an experience of subjectivity, utilizing an appropriation of Gérard Genette’s (1980) concept of focalization. Through an analysis of The Sims 3 (The Sims Studio 2009), Top Spin 4 (2K Czech 2011), Mirror’s Edge (EA Digital Illusions CE 2008) and Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar North 2014), I demonstrate that internal focalization can be...

The abundance of ritual descriptions in the Gospel Mark suggests a discourse about between narrator and early audiences Gospel. prominence baptism at beginning (Mark 1:9–11) anointing end (16:1–8), recurrence themes introduced Jesus’s turning points (9:2–8; 10:38–39; 15:38–39) suggest broader ritual—and specifically baptismal—significance narrative. Recent changes helpfully differentiate narrat...