Extradiegetic

Quick meaning: Extradiegetic is an adjective meaning External to the narrative.

Meaning

External to the narrative.

Example Sentences

Instead, an extradiegetic narrator renders detached testimony of the hero's traumatic story in the Thatcher era.

However, in this sequence Colleen's actions alone do not make her horrific. Rather, the extradiegetic music condemns her.

This voice-over functions very differently from the extradiegetic narrator of the radio soap opera however, who tended to impose ideological coherence on the text, as well as serve as spokesman for the products being sold.

Synonyms for extradiegetic

Depending on context, synonyms include out-of-universe.

Antonyms for extradiegetic

Common opposites include intradiegetic, in-universe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include narrator, intradiegetic, extratextual, extraliterary, metadiegetic, extrarealistic.

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