Diegesis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Diegesis is a noun meaning (narratology) A narration or recitation.
Meaning
(narratology) A narration or recitation.
Example Sentences
A novel like Sterne′s Tristram Shandy, however, simply embeds a number of different diegeses on the play-within-a-play model.
Extradiegetic music is a matter of pure convention. It constitutes an exception within Hollywood classical cinema, in which everything is to belong to diegesis in order to elaborate a fictive, realistic universe.
The standard distinction between mimesis and diegesis is usually referred to as that between showing and telling, between iconic and indexical signs on the one hand and symbolic signs on the other, between drama and recitation.
Word Forms
- diegeses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include narratology, ideography, allegory, dianoiology, narratologist, dianoialogy.
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