Intradiegetic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Part of the narrative.

    "One of the most famous examples of an intradiegetic narrator is Scherezade, the narrator of the tales in Arabian Nights (1954), who does belong in the general narrative frame despite that not involving her own but other people's stories."

Example

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"The intradiegetic narrator lives the event himself."

Etymology

From intra- + diegetic.

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