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- adjective literature, film Describing the
narrator of adramatic work who is also theprotagonist or othercharacter in the work.
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Examples
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A homodiegetic narrator is one who is internal to the narrative, who is on the 'same' plane of exegesis as the story.
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Had the events described been narrated directly in the first person, the narrative would be homodiegetic (a character in the narrated world that s/he describes).
Recently Uploaded Slideshows geniusroi 2010
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A homodiegetic narrator is one who is internal to the narrative, who is on the 'same' plane of exegesis as the story.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows geniusroi 2010
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Had the events described been narrated directly in the first person, the narrative would be homodiegetic (a character in the narrated world that s/he describes).
Recently Uploaded Slideshows geniusroi 2010
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His forthcoming essay, "My Wife Is a Terrorist," talks about how he analyzed his wife's FBI file using homodiegetic narrative techniques (Schamus 'wife runs the anti-war organization CODEPINK).
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