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Who is the entity telling the story to the narratee?
Who is the entity telling the story to the narratee?
- The Reader
- The Character
- The Narrator (correct)
- The Author
What is the term for a story conveyed from a narrator to a narratee?
What is the term for a story conveyed from a narrator to a narratee?
- Narrative (correct)
- Narrative Discourse
- Text
- Plot
What term describes the setting in which a story takes place?
What term describes the setting in which a story takes place?
- Frame Narrative
- Plot
- Storyworld (correct)
- Narrative Discourse
What is a being who plays an active role in a story called?
What is a being who plays an active role in a story called?
What is the term for a text that gives the reader a sense of resolution?
What is the term for a text that gives the reader a sense of resolution?
What is the feeling that the important questions in a story have been resolved?
What is the feeling that the important questions in a story have been resolved?
What term describes an element that exists inside the storyworld?
What term describes an element that exists inside the storyworld?
What is it called when the reader knows more than the characters?
What is it called when the reader knows more than the characters?
What term describes the perspective from which the narrator presents the story?
What term describes the perspective from which the narrator presents the story?
What kind of narrative embeds another narrative within itself?
What kind of narrative embeds another narrative within itself?
What is an unresolved question or issue within a story called?
What is an unresolved question or issue within a story called?
What is a story type central to a culture's self-understanding called?
What is a story type central to a culture's self-understanding called?
What is a type of fiction that refers to itself called?
What is a type of fiction that refers to itself called?
Who is the entity within a narrative to whom the narrator is speaking?
Who is the entity within a narrative to whom the narrator is speaking?
What do you call the words and techniques used to convey a story?
What do you call the words and techniques used to convey a story?
What is the systematic study and criticism of the art of narrative known as?
What is the systematic study and criticism of the art of narrative known as?
What is a text that does NOT give the reader a sense of closure?
What is a text that does NOT give the reader a sense of closure?
What are the elements outside of the main text that affect reader expectations called?
What are the elements outside of the main text that affect reader expectations called?
What is a narrator whose account cannot be fully trusted considered?
What is a narrator whose account cannot be fully trusted considered?
What is the term for the quality that makes a story worth telling?
What is the term for the quality that makes a story worth telling?
Flashcards
Author
Author
The real person who created a text. Not the narrator.
Character
Character
A being who plays an active role in a story.
Closed Text
Closed Text
A text that gives the reader a sense of resolution.
Closure
Closure
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Crux
Crux
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Diegetic
Diegetic
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Dramatic Irony
Dramatic Irony
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Extradiegetic
Extradiegetic
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Fantastic
Fantastic
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First-person narrative
First-person narrative
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Focalization
Focalization
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Frame narrative
Frame narrative
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Gap
Gap
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Metafiction
Metafiction
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Narratee
Narratee
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Narrative
Narrative
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Narrative discourse
Narrative discourse
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Narratology
Narratology
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Narrator
Narrator
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Open Text
Open Text
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Study Notes
- Author refers to the real person who created a text, distinct from the narrator.
- Character is a being who plays an active role in a story.
- Closed Text provides the reader with a sense of resolution.
- Closure is the sense that the important gaps in a story have been resolved.
- Crux is a gap that represents a major interpretive issue in a text.
- Diegetic elements exist inside the storyworld and are potentially perceivable by the characters.
- Dramatic Irony occurs when the reader possesses more knowledge than the narrator or characters.
- Extradiegetic elements exist outside the storyworld and are not perceivable by the characters.
- Fantastic is a narrative mode that deliberately introduces impossible elements.
- First-person narrative is when the narrator tells their own story.
- Focalization is the perspective from which the narrator presents the story.
- Frame narrative embeds another narrative within it.
- Gap is an unresolved question or issue in a text.
- Litterature fantastique is a 19th-century narrative that intentionally fluctuates between the rational and irrational.
- Masterplot refers to story types that are central to a culture's self-understanding, such as the Cinderella Plot or Quest Plot.
- Metafiction is a type of fiction that refers to itself as fiction.
- Narratee is an entity within a narrative to whom the narrator is speaking, differing from the reader.
- Narrative is a story conveyed by a narrator to a narratee.
- Narrative discourse encompasses the words and techniques used to convey the story as a narrative.
- Narratology is the systematic study and criticism of the art of narrative.
- Narrator is the entity telling the narrative to the narratee, not to be confused with the author.
- Open Text withholds a sense of closure from the reader.
- Paratext includes elements like book cover art, titles and summaries that influence reader expectations.
- Plot is a type or category of story that follows conventional rules.
- Qualia is the sense of understanding what it might be like to encounter the characters and events in a story.
- Reader is a real person who is interpreting a text, not to be confused with the narratee.
- Realistic is a narrative mode that attempts to duplicate the real world as much as possible.
- Second-person narrative is a narrative in which the narrator tells the story of the narratee, these are rare.
- Story is a tellable, meaningful sequence of events, including specificity of character and storyworld.
- Storyworld is the setting within which the story takes place.
- Tellability is the quality that suggests a story is worth telling.
- Text is a human artifact that can be interpreted for meaning.
- Third-person narrative is a narrative in which the narrator tells the story of someone who is not the narrator nor the narratee.
- Unreliable narrator is a narrator whose discourse reveals apparent gaps in the story, leading the reader to doubt the truth of the events recounted or the motivations of the narration.
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