Narrative Architecture of Textual Invariance (ANIT): A Structural Model with Computational Verification

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Authors: Bruno de Pádua Santos Salgado
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Abstract

This study proposes the formalization of a structural model entitled Narrative Architecture of Textual Invariance (ANIT), characterized by the complete reorganization of a literary work without any alteration to its textual materiality. The study demonstrates that modifying the structural order of narrative segments may generate distinct interpretive experiences while fully preserving each original textual unit. The central hypothesis maintains that textual invariance is independent of the formal sequence applied, making it possible to alter structural architecture without compromising the lexical, syntactic, or punctuation integrity of the work.For empirical verification, two complete versions of the same previously published short story are presented, organized in distinct sequences yet composed of exactly the same textual units. The formal analysis includes descriptive logical modeling, objective criteria of verifiability, and full demonstration in the annexes. It is concluded that ANIT constitutes a verifiable structural model in which order functions as an ontological operator capable of producing distinct narrative realities without any rewriting, suppression, insertion, or modification of content.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Narrative Theory and Analysis Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Digital Humanities and Scholarship

Publication details

Journal / source
SocArXiv (OSF Preprints)
Publication date
10 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint