ABSTRACT
The first thing that comes to mind, when we think about the relations of space to narrative, is the space in which characters live, act, and move (space 4). But the involvement of texts with space can take other forms:
The spatial form of the text
The space materially occupied by the text
The spatial context of the text
Mimetic space, or space of the storyworld
In this chapter, I explore these four kinds of space, first in terms of their manifestations in print-based literature and second in terms of the digital narrative applications they have inspired, and of how these applications put into play the distinctive affordances of computer technology.
