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All arguments appear temporal to me because I myself move through time. Yet, some arguments are spacial. What does that mean? |
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A temporal argument (story) is one that is told over time, such as a film, play, or novel. A spatial argument (story) is one that is told over space, such as two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. In a spatial argument it is the placement of items near or far apart, with the use of spatial techniques to pull your attention around the work to make the argument. Nothing is wholly one or the other, but somewhere in between. For example, comic books are both temporal and spatial by design. The page layout can tell the story spatially, while the page order tells the story temporally. So a spatial argument in a play or movie would be how closely two items are mentioned? Or, if a scene is about Morality vs. Self-interest, that is spacial because they are being argued simultaneously? I've always thought (though not understood) that an optionlock story was biased towards the spacial argument. Does that make any sense? Basically, I can see why a comic book is both spacial and temporal. But I cannot see it for a play, because the only space a play occupies -- the stage -- is designed by someone who is not the author of the play.
(06 Oct '11, 18:51)
MWollaeger
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