This study empirically investigates reader responses to the one-page graphic narrative ‘City’ within the theoretical framework of storyworld possible selves. These are blended structures resulting from the conceptual integration of two input spaces: the mental representation that readers construct for the narrator or character that perspectivizes a narrative, and the mental representation that readers entertain for themselves, or self-concept. In our study, we use a questionnaire to elicit information about the internal organization of storyworld possible selves blends in 15 real readers, and we discuss the bearing of both collectively shared and idiosyncratic storyworld possible self blends on character construction, emotional response, and narrative construal.

这项研究以故事世界可能的自我为框架，以经验方式调查了读者对一页图形叙述“城市”的反应。这些是两种输入空间在概念上的整合所产生的混合结构：读者为叙述者构建的心理表示或透视叙事的人物，以及读者为自己娱乐的心理表示或自我概念。在我们的研究中，我们使用调查表从15个真实读者中获取有关故事世界可能自我融合的内部组织的信息，并且我们讨论了集体共享和特质的故事世界可能自我融合对角色建构，情感反应和叙事建构的影响。