understanding allegories, helps us to give a clear and accepted interpretation of complex and complicated thoughts, and this is said to be a cultural need. the purpose of this research is to find and recognize the allegories used by meibodi in his mystic interpretation of kashf-ol-asraar. the results of the study show that different kinds of allegories are used in this interpretation; and this ...

This paper outlines the way in which a plot-device, which for the sake of convenience we shall call the ‘ambiguous oracle’ in Acts .–, controls and influences the narrative, creating coherence and enabling interpretation. The paper begins by looking at the current interpretation of the verses, and argues that it is not sufficient to explain the narrative configuration at various points, befo...

This paper describes an algorithm for the interpretation of temporal relations between events mentioned in narrative (such as which event occurs before another). These relations are decided through three different levels of linguistic concepts: aspectual information for verbs, time relations for tenses, and time relations between clauses and/or sentences. One contribution of this paper is to pr...

Personology is the science of persons. In this article we show that the concept of person presupposes the continuity of experience and that the storylike structure of lives makes narrative the most promising methodology. Researchers use first-person narratives as source material and third-person narratives in describing and interpreting lives because the temporal nature of experience makes it d...

Many studies have looked at the potential of using narrative to create engaging experiences with designed objects or to enrich the design process. However, the concept of narrative is fuzzy and open to interpretation, as it is used to mean different things by different disciplines and approaches. This paper presents five definitions of narrative based on narrative theory. The use of narrative i...