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PREFERRED TERM

1335Frame story  

ENTRY TERMS

  • Frame narrative
  • Frame tale

SCOPE NOTE

  • Narrative technique in which a secondary narration is embedded into the main narration, interupting the time flow of the main narration. It consists of a story within a story. Homer's Odyssey makes use of this device; Odysseus' adventures at sea are all narrated by Odysseus to the court of king Alcinous in Scheria.

SOURCE

  • Abrams 2005

CONTRIBUTOR

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

CREATOR

  • Kalafata Patritsia (AA)

NOTATION

  • 1335

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/1335

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