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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... seen from might be subsumed under the same label . Despite her emphasis on the visual , one can also imagine a study of the places from which noises are generated or heard in a text . Jost again comes to our aid : " ce domaine du ...
... seen from might be subsumed under the same label . Despite her emphasis on the visual , one can also imagine a study of the places from which noises are generated or heard in a text . Jost again comes to our aid : " ce domaine du ...
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... seen from the rear " ( 384 ) , and Robbe - Grillet and other New Novelists often put restrictions on a character's line of sight to impose an ocularization . But such effects are seldom important elements in fiction , and authors seldom ...
... seen from the rear " ( 384 ) , and Robbe - Grillet and other New Novelists often put restrictions on a character's line of sight to impose an ocularization . But such effects are seldom important elements in fiction , and authors seldom ...
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... seen whether art critics will be persuaded of the need for these terms . For a survey of the psychological research relevant to visual imag- ing in reading , see Ellen J. Esrock's The Reader's Eye . As Esrock rec- ognizes , the ...
... seen whether art critics will be persuaded of the need for these terms . For a survey of the psychological research relevant to visual imag- ing in reading , see Ellen J. Esrock's The Reader's Eye . As Esrock rec- ognizes , the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Historical and Implied Authors and Readers | 9 |
The General Narrator | 45 |
Copyright | |
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