Diegesis
//ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A narration or recitation.
"A novel like Sterne′s Tristram Shandy, however, simply embeds a number of different diegeses on the play-within-a-play model."
Example
More examples"A novel like Sterne′s Tristram Shandy, however, simply embeds a number of different diegeses on the play-within-a-play model."
Etymology
Ancient Greek διήγησις (diḗgēsis, “narration”), from διηγέομαι (diēgéomai, “I narrate”)
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