Hypodiegetic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to a secondary narrative embedded within the primary narrative (a story within a story).

    "In Jane Eyre this hypodiegetic level is only attained four times again, first in chapter fifteen, in which Rochester tells Jane about his mistress Celine Varens, second in chapter twenty-seven [...]"

Synonyms

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metadiegeticmetadiegetic

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"In Jane Eyre this hypodiegetic level is only attained four times again, first in chapter fifteen, in which Rochester tells Jane about his mistress Celine Varens, second in chapter twenty-seven [...]"

Etymology

From hypo- + diegetic.

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