Ways of Making Sense of the Unnatural

The ICNS Seminar series presents occasional talks on topics in narrative theory. On this occasion Jan Alber will give a talk entitled "Ways of Making Sense of the Unnatural," to be followed by questions and general discussion.

Prof. Dr Alber is a professor of English literature and cognitive studies at RWTH Aachen, Germany. He is a specialist in "unnatural narratology," and author of Unnatural Narrative: Impossible Worlds in Fiction and Drama (University of Nebraska Press, 2016). He is a past president of the International Society for the Study of Narrative.