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5: Levels of Narration (Bal, 2017) - Coggle Diagram
5: Levels of Narration (Bal, 2017)
A tool for literary history
Structure of the levels of narration can be a tool for characterizing narratives historically
Postmodern novelists use quoting of embedded speeches - the structure of narrative levels - to explore the limits
EG. An embedded character-narrator parading as a first-level narrator
unanswerability of who is speaking
Indirect speech and free indirect speech
Perceptible narrator
text interference
indirect discourse
free indirect discourse
Disentangling interference
contemporaneity
cliches
idees resues
Primary and embedded texts
primary = narrators text
other texts embedded
Embedded narrative texts
frame narratives
Primary fabula vs embedded text
embedded text presents a complete story you forget about the primary narrative
2 fabulas related
embedded explains primary
part of narrative poetics
An indication to the reader
common elements
mirror text
Indication to the actor
Non-narrative embedded texts
meta-narrative