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The main goal of this paper is to review the studies that investigated the multidimensional aspect of situational representation elaborated from narrative texts. After presenting the origins of the multidimensional approach, we describe two models, the « Structure Building Framework » (Gernsbacher, 1990) and the « Event Indexing Model » initially proposed by Zwaan, Langston and Graesser (1995) that underline the importance of multiple dimensions in reference with the notion of situational continuity. Then, we present empirical studies that confirm the validity of the theoretical principles of the event indexing model that account for the richness of the comprehension process. Finally, we raise some issues relative to the current multidimensional approach that concern, first, unanswered questions about the definition of the dimensions and their monitoring, and, second, whether the event indexing model can be applied to all types of text.
