Frameworks: Narrative Levels and Embedded NarrativeThe structural device of the -story within a story-, variously labeled -frame-, -Chinese box-, -Russian doll-, or -embedded- narrative, is so widely found in the literature of all cultures and periods as to approach universality. Despite its durable attraction for writers and audiences throughout history, however, embedded narrative remains a form largely unmapped by literary theory. This study surveys and synthesizes the work done to date on this significant artistic technique and breaks new ground by providing a comprehensive model for the description and analysis of the many types and functions of embedded narrative." |
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Early American Poetry . Madison : U of Wisconsin P , 1978 . Edmiston , William . " Focalization and the First - Person Narrator : A Revision of the Theory . " Poetics Today 10.4 ( 1989 ) : 729–44 . Erickson , Susan .
Early American Poetry . Madison : U of Wisconsin P , 1978 . Edmiston , William . " Focalization and the First - Person Narrator : A Revision of the Theory . " Poetics Today 10.4 ( 1989 ) : 729–44 . Erickson , Susan .
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Introduction | 1 |
Historical and Implied Authors and Readers | 9 |
The General Narrator | 45 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Frameworks: Narrative Levels and Embedded Narrative Volume 33 of American University Studies Volume 33 of American university studies: General literature, ISSN 0743-6645 |
| Author | William Nelles |
| Publisher | P. Lang, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0820430390, 9780820430393 |
| Length | 208 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays Literary Criticism / Books & Reading |
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