Literary techniques

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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.

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, ...