Narratogenic Emergence Theory

The Narratogenic Emergence Theory (NET), devised by Prof. Tamis Chavignol, argues that fiction under conditions of sufficient narrative complexity can form emergent, autonomous reality modules. A text is not merely a representation of the world but a processual system whose density of plotlines, perspectives and semantic strata may coalesce into a new order of reality.

Chavignol distilled his insights into three postulates: emergence through narrative density – effects arise from the mutual intensification of narrative elements rather than from authorial intention; fiction as an intervention space – stories actively shift perception, expectation and causality; and reality as a densification zone – the world stabilises where narratives intertwine. The core of NET is the reality module, a narrative structure that, once it crosses a critical threshold of interference, self‑organises, changes phase and interacts with real‑world systems.

NET experiments at the Brussels research centre (2009 - 2023) combined baseline measurements, controlled narrative injections into groups, blind observation of anomalies and statistical correlation with narrative parameters. The theory contends that reality is an open, narratively permeable field and that fiction has ontological power when its internal organisation is complex enough. Chavignol’s Topology of the Imaginary conceptualises the interface between fiction and reality as a topological fold where imaginary and factual processes become indistinguishable; after the centre’s closure in 2023, his work remains foundational within Protofictional Emergence.