Glossary of narratology

This glossary of narratology is a list of explanations or translations of contemporary and historical concepts of narratology.

Glossary

A

Anachrony
analepsis
In essence a flashback in the narrative, i.e. the insertion of a previous scene into the current story.[1] Defined by Gannet as an § Anachrony in the past that is told in the present,[2] it is often used to introduce new characters or protagonists whose contextual existance must be told.[3] Contemporary novels written in a modernist or a postmodernist style use this technique to reorder the chronological or teleological narrative structure.[1] Examples of this technique include Emma in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary.[3] Flaubert lets the reader know that while Emma feels nostalgic about her farming life, it is revealed to the reader through flashback that she was an incompetent farmer and wished to escape her life through marriage.[3]


D

diegesis
deixis


E

F

focalisation
frame

H

heterodiegetic narration
The narration is heterodiegetic if the narrator is not the protagonist[4] and is outside the fictional universe. In the language of narratology, the narrator is not part of the § diegesis.[5] Typically, but not always associated with the third-person narration.[4] It can be used with you, they and one narratives.[4] Examples of novels that use these techniques include the Iliad, Eugénie Grandet,[5] The Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice and Chaucer's pilgrims.[3]
homodiegetic narration
The narration is homodiegetic if the narrator is character in the events or situations in the story.[3] Defined by literary theorist Gérard Genette,[6] the narrator is the same person in the § diegesis.[5] It is equivalent to First-person narration.[4] If that person is the main protagonist, then Genette calls this § autodiegesis. We narratives, where the story-teller is part of the group, but has there own narration are considered partially autodiegetic.[4] This applies to couples narrating the story within the group.[7] Examples of novels where the narrators are part of the story include Mr Lockwood in Wuthering Heights[3]. Other examples include Gil Blas, All the King's Men and The Great Gatsby and Kiss Me, Deadly.[5]
Hypodiegetic narrative
A hypodiegetic narrative is a narrative embedded in another narrative.[5]

I

M

metalepsis

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Fludernik 2009, p. 150.
  2. ^ Prince 2020, p. 5.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Harman 2007, p. 197.
  4. ^ a b c d e Fludernik 2009, p. 154.
  5. ^ a b c d e Prince 2020, p. 40.
  6. ^ Genette 1983.
  7. ^ Fludernik 2009, p. 154-155.

Bibliography

  • Fludernik, Monika (2009). An introduction to narratology. London ; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415450292. OCLC 846355928.
  • Genette, Gérard (1983). Narrative discourse: an essay in method (PDF) (1st ed.). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801492599.
  • Harman, David, ed. (2007). The Cambridge Companion to Narrative. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521856966. OCLC 76794778.
  • Prince, Gerald (2020). A Dictionary of Narratology. Lincoln: Nebraska Paperback. ISBN 9781496203915. OCLC 1223091960.
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