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Literary techniques
second-person narration
Literature; Literary techniques
Narration in the second person (“You did this. You said that”). A comparatively rare grammatical choice for narration, it has been used increasingly in fiction and even autobiography.
retardation
Literature; Literary techniques
The slowing down of the narrative discourse. Often, but not always, a way of increasing suspense.
reflexive narrative
Literature; Literary techniques
A reflexive or self-reflexive (or self-conscious) narrative is one that, either by formal or thematic means, calls attention to its condition as constructed art.
paratext
Literature; Literary techniques
Genette’s termfor material outside the narrative that is in someway connected to it.Paratexts can be physically attached tothe narrative vehicle (“peritexts”): prefaces, tables of contents, titles, ...
normalizing
Literature; Literary techniques
The power of narrative form, and particularly of masterplots, to convey a sense of reality or truth.
omniscient narration
Literature; Literary techniques
Narration by a narrator assumed to know everything connected with the story narrated.
overreading
Literature; Literary techniques
The activity of importing into a text material that is not signified within it.
