Fictional narratives and shared cognitive representations

The boundary between fiction and reality is not as clear as it seems. A narrative activates shared cognitive representations in the reader or listener. These representations are not usually received as true or as fictional in relation to an objective reality but, instead, on the basis of a social belief, a consensus or diffuse authority. Since ancient times and even today, logos has been trying to recuperate muthos thanks to practices of interpretation with problematical assumptions.