Literary interiority—encompassing psyche, memory, and identity—is not a static reflection of character but a dynamic construct shaped by narrative form. This study examines how chronotopes (Bakhtin’s time-space condensations) and intertextual relations (Genette’s hypertextual transformations) co-constitute subjective experience across evolving genres, addressing a gap in narratology where these mechanisms are typically analyzed in isolation. A comparative narratological analysis was conducted on a purposive corpus of texts spanning prose, graphic novels, and film adaptations, using a replicable dual-axis coding matrix (chronotope × intertextuality). Narrative segments were systematically annotated for time-space motifs and textual relations, with high inter-coder reliability ensuring robustness. Three dominant framing constellations emerged—Mythic-Cosmic Fusion, Cyclical-Memorial Reconfiguration, and Fragmented-Empathetic Thresholds—collectively accounting for nearly all observed variance in interiority effects. Specific pairings consistently predicted distinct psychological outcomes: transcendence-in-crisis, resilient renewal, and empathic immersion. Chronotope and intertext do not merely frame inner worlds—they engineer them. The resulting model reveals genre evolution as a process of psychic modulation and provides predictive tools with applications in literary analysis, cognitive studies, and therapeutic narrative design.
Chronotope, Intertext, And The Shaping Of Interior Worlds: A Comparative Narratological Study
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