Bibliography/Materials: Recommended Reading Selection:

This list is organized in order of usefulness to discussion in the seminar. The primary articles are numbered 1-5. If you have limited time, we recommend that you read the articles in order of the list. For clarity of organization, secondary articles that expand on these primary articles are listed with A or B designations. Themes are indicated in parentheses to orient your reading choices.

  1. Fabio Schreiber, "Is Time a Real Time" (cross-disciplinary overview, informatics oriented)
    • 1-A. James Allen, "Time and Time Again" (formal logic/informatics)
    • 1-B. Mark Steedman, "The Productions of Time" (linguistics/discourse/informatics)
  2. Herbert Bronstein, "Time Schemes, Order, and Chaos: Periodization and Ideology" (history, cultural studies)
  3. Agnar Renolen, "Temporal Maps and Temporal Geographical Information Systems (Review of Research)" (geospatial information systems)
  4. Jennifer Burg and Sheau-Dong Lang, "Using Constraint Logic Programming to Analyze the Chronology in a William Faulkner Story" (discourse analysis/informatics)
    • 4-A Pamela Jordan, "Determining the Temporal Ordering of Events in Discourse" (discourse analysis/informatics)
  5. Mary O'Toole, "The Theory of Serialism in The Third Policeman" (literary studies)
    • 5-A Huw Price, "The View from Nowhen" (physics/philosophy)


Other useful references in the seminar materials posted online:


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