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Foreshadowing is a narrative technique of manipulating the reader’s inferences about the story progression. This paper reviews research on foreshadowing and reader comprehension in narratology and cognitive science. We use the term sentimental reader to refer to sophisticated readers who make active efforts in their reading experiences, and then we list various examples of foreshadowing found in novels, films, and games, discussing their impact on the sentimental reader’s reasoning process. We further present an example of interactive fiction associated with the use of foreshadowing and conclude with future work.
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Bae, BC., Cheong, YG., Vella, D. (2013). Modeling Foreshadowing in Narrative Comprehension for Sentimental Readers. In: Koenitz, H., Sezen, T.I., Ferri, G., Haahr, M., Sezen, D., C̨atak, G. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8230. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02756-2_1
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