Studies in Narratology, Summer 2011 Narratology Lexicon T-Z

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Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Narratology Lexicon

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Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

third person, central intelligence: When “the narrator . . . limits the revelation of thoughts to those of one character, presenting the other characters only eternally. As a result, the reader’s experience is conditioned by the mental state, the qualities of perception, ignorance, or bias of the filtering or reflecting mind.”

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

villain (Propp): 1. A wicked ANTAGONIST; an enemy of the hero, capable or guilty of evil doings. 2. One of the seven fundamental roles that a character may assume (in a fairy tale), according to Propp. The villain (analogous to Greimas's OPPONENT and Souriau's MARS) opposes the HERO and, more specifically, causes his misfortune or that of another character. See: Propp 1968. See also ACTANT, DRAMATIS PERSONA, SPHERE OF ACTION.

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

voice-over narration: “ In voice-over narration, one hears a voice (sometimes that of the main character) narrating the events that are being presented to you. A famous sci-fi example is Deckard's narration in the Hollywood version of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. This technique is one of the ways for film to represent "first-person narration," which is generally much easier to represent in fiction.

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

wandering viewpoint (Iser):

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011

Studies in Narratology, Summer

2011