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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... publisher in his " Avertissement , " where he argues that the letters ( and therefore the preface attesting to their ... publisher's remarks pre- cede the editor's gives them extra weight ; once the idea has been presented that the work ...
... publisher in his " Avertissement , " where he argues that the letters ( and therefore the preface attesting to their ... publisher's remarks pre- cede the editor's gives them extra weight ; once the idea has been presented that the work ...
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... Publisher's Note " and continues through the " Publisher's [ End ] Note " which closes the text . We now have two logical branches to follow : is the publisher to be trusted or not ? I refer here not to narrative reliability in Booth's ...
... Publisher's Note " and continues through the " Publisher's [ End ] Note " which closes the text . We now have two logical branches to follow : is the publisher to be trusted or not ? I refer here not to narrative reliability in Booth's ...
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... publisher . For them the publisher is not un- dertaking to write part of a narrative , but a genuine preface to the narrative consisting of the editor's note and the letters . To read Les liaisons dangereuses in this last way is to take ...
... publisher . For them the publisher is not un- dertaking to write part of a narrative , but a genuine preface to the narrative consisting of the editor's note and the letters . To read Les liaisons dangereuses in this last way is to take ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Historical and Implied Authors and Readers | 9 |
The General Narrator | 45 |
Copyright | |
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