Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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indirect style

Literature; Literary techniques

Speech or thinking of a character rendered in the narrator’s own words: “It was a hot day. Elspeth asked herself why she should be lugging stones on a day such as that.”

free indirect style

Literature; Literary techniques

Third-personnarration in whicha character’s thoughts or expressions are presented in the character’s voice without being set off by quotation marks or the usual addition of ...

first-person narration

Literature; Literary techniques

Conventionally, narration by a character who plays a role in the story narrated.

forking-path narrative

Literature; Literary techniques

Narrative in which two or more incompatible worlds cohabit in the same diegetic level.

electronic narrative

Literature; Literary techniques

Now used primarily to refer to narrative forms that take advantage of computer and on-line technology to achieve effects unique to these media. These include, notably, effects ...

embedded narrative

Literature; Literary techniques

Commonly, a “story within a story,” or a narrative nested in a framing narrative.

entity

Literature; Literary techniques

Also referred to as “existents” or “actors and actants,”entities comprise one of the two basic components of a story, the other being the events or action. Humanlike entities ...