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“Jewels in joy designed / To ravish the sensuous mind”
person:
storytellers may have different relations to the stories they tell
The Convergence of the Twain:Narrative Person, Narrative Level
level:
stories may include other stories
representational paradigm v. rhetorical paradigm
“Alien they seemed to be . . .”
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
Narrative Discourse, p.248 (simplified)
“Alien they seemed to be . . .”
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
Narrative Discourse, p.248 (simplified)
“Alien they seemed to be . . .”
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
Narrative Discourse, p.248 (simplified)
“Alien they seemed to be . . .”
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
Narrative Discourse, p.248 (simplified)
“No mortal eye could see / The intimate welding of their later history”
a diégèse is the universe of the events representedby a given narration
is the extradiegetic a diegetic level?
• the primary narrating instance may be fictional, and so represented
• the primary narrating instance is directly addressed (he says) to “you and me.”
the literal model of narrative levels allows for no pointof ontological discontinuity
“bent / By paths coincident / On being anon twin halves of one august event”
• present tense narration
circumstances in which the heterodiegetic statusof a narration can be undermined
• narration of historical fiction
person a relation of identity/non-identity between thenarrator and some member of the story universe
the distinction of narrative person dependsupon ontological discontinuity
“consummation comes . . .”
the concept of person depends upon ontological discontinuity
the concept of level disallows ontological discontinuity
the extradiegetic heterodiegetic narrator “knows” the events of the narrative as fact
eithercontradicts the designation of this narrator as heterodiegetic
orforfeits the rationale for distinguishing between this narrator and the author
“consummation comes . . .”
the concept of person depends upon ontological discontinuity
the concept of level disallows ontological discontinuity
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
“consummation comes . . .”
the concept of person depends upon ontological discontinuity
the concept of level disallows ontological discontinuity
the extradiegetic heterodiegetic narrator “knows” the events of the narrative as fact
contradicts the designation of this narrator as heterodiegetic
forfeits the rationale for distinguishing between this narrator and the author
either
or
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
the fictive rhetorical gesture is always present, andalways attached to the actual communicative act
the recursive capacity of the model is subordinate tothis fictive rhetoric, but also defined in terms of communicative acts
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
the fictive rhetorical gesture is always present, andalways attached to the actual communicative act
the recursive capacity of the model is subordinate tothis fictive rhetoric, but also defined in terms of communicative acts
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
the fictive rhetorical gesture is always present, and always attached to the actual communicative act
the recursive capacity of the model is subordinate to this fictive rhetoric, but also defined in terms of communicative acts
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“Stacks, Frames and Boundaries,“ p880 (simplified)
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“What does this vaingloriousness down here?”
A Theory of Narrative, p.xvi (simplified)
“What does this vaingloriousness down here?”
A Theory of Narrative, p.xvi (simplified)
“What does this vaingloriousness down here?”
A Theory of Narrative, p.xvi (simplified)
“What does this vaingloriousness down here?”
A Theory of Narrative, p.xvi (simplified)
“In a solitude of the sea”
fictionality as a rhetorical gesture:
character discourse is represented, not transmitted:the fictive act of the diegesis is always manifest
no categorical boundary between fictions in languageand fictions in other media
• communicative
• semiotic, but not intrinsically linguistic
“Jewels in joy designed / To ravish the sensuous mind”
person:
storytellers may have different relations to the stories they tell
The Convergence of the Twain:Narrative Person, Narrative Level
level:
stories may include other stories
representational paradigm v. rhetorical paradigm
“Alien they seemed to be . . .”
LEVEL:
RELATIONSHIP:
Extradiegetic Intradiegetic
Heterodiegetic Homer Scheherazade
Homodiegetic Marcel Ulysses
Narrative Discourse, p.248 (simplified)
“No mortal eye could see / The intimate welding of their later history”
a diégèse is the universe of the events representedby a given narration
is the extradiegetic a diegetic level?
• the primary narrating instance may be fictional, and so represented
• the primary narrating instance is directly addressed (he says) to “you and me.”
the literal model of narrative levels allows for no pointof ontological discontinuity
“bent / By paths coincident / On being anon twin halves of one august event”
• present tense narration
circumstances in which the heterodiegetic statusof a narration can be undermined
• narration of historical fiction
person a relation of identity/non-identity between thenarrator and some member of the story universe
the distinction of narrative person depends upon ontological discontinuity
“consummation comes . . .”
the concept of person depends upon ontological discontinuity
the concept of level disallows ontological discontinuity
the extradiegetic heterodiegetic narrator “knows” the events of the narrative as fact
contradicts the designation of this narrator as heterodiegetic
forfeits the rationale for distinguishing between this narrator and the author
either
or
“and jars two hemispheres”
diegesis: the poet speaking in his own person
mimesis: the poet speaking in the person of a character
the fictive rhetorical gesture is always present, and always attached to the actual communicative act
the recursive capacity of the model is subordinate tothis fictive rhetoric, but also defined in terms of communicative acts
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“Stacks, Frames and Boundaries,“ p880 (simplified)
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“Gaze at the gilded gear . . .”
“What does this vaingloriousness down here?”
A Theory of Narrative, p.xvi (simplified)
“In a solitude of the sea”
fictionality as a rhetorical gesture:
character discourse is represented, not transmitted:the fictive act of the diegesis is always manifest
no categorical boundary between fictions in language and fictions in other media
• communicative
• semiotic, but not intrinsically linguistic
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