Extradiegetic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    External to the narrative.

    "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."

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doylistdoylistout of universeout-of-universe

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"The extradiegetic narrator does not live the event."

Etymology

From extra- + diegetic.

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