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A '''modal operator''' is a [[logical connective]], in the language of a [[modal logic]], which forms propositions from propositions. In general, a modal operator is ''formally'' characterised by being non-[[truth function|truth-functional]], and ''intuitively'' characterised by expressing a modal attitude (such as necessity, possibility, belief, or knowledge) towards the proposition which it is applied to.
In literary and fiction theory, the concept of '''modal operators''' has been explored by Lubomir Dolezel in Heterocosmica (1998), a book that articulates a complete theory of literary fiction based on the idea of [[possible worlds]]. Dolezel works with the concept of
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