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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... never seems to be adopted for use by any subsequent critic . These ad hoc theories of narra- tive have , of course , produced a number of valuable individual critical studies - two notable book - length examples are Bernard Duyfhuizen's ...
... never seems to be adopted for use by any subsequent critic . These ad hoc theories of narra- tive have , of course , produced a number of valuable individual critical studies - two notable book - length examples are Bernard Duyfhuizen's ...
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... never be limited to the historical author's intentions . The only definitive limitation of meaning other than the implied author's is the interpretation by the implied reader , another fictional construct derived from the text . It is ...
... never be limited to the historical author's intentions . The only definitive limitation of meaning other than the implied author's is the interpretation by the implied reader , another fictional construct derived from the text . It is ...
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... never comments on either the suicide or the frequently - remarked false optimism of the ending of the story . But the fact that a narrator is being as objective as possible does not lead to the conclusion that its presence is so covert ...
... never comments on either the suicide or the frequently - remarked false optimism of the ending of the story . But the fact that a narrator is being as objective as possible does not lead to the conclusion that its presence is so covert ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Historical and Implied Authors and Readers | 9 |
The General Narrator | 45 |
Copyright | |
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