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   Di·e·ge·sis

   /ˌdīəˈjēsis/

   

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   • 1. a narrative or plot, typically in a movie.

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Greek diēgēsis ‘narrative’.

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   What is diegesis in film?

   • Put simply, the diegesis is the world of the film, the universe inhabited by the characters existing in the landscape of cinema. Diegesis may concern elements, such as characters, events and things within the main or "primary" narrative. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

   DIEGESIS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   What does diegesis mean?

   • The meaning of DIEGESIS is the relaying of information in a fictional work (such as a film or novel) through a narrative; also : the fictional world in which the events of a narrative occur. How to use diegesis in a sentence.

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   What is diegesis in literature?

   • In literature, discussions of diegesis tend to concern discourse/sjužet (in Russian Formalism) (vs. story/ fabula ). In diegesis, the narrator tells the story. Details about the world itself and the experiences of its characters are revealed explicitly through narrative. The story is told or recounted, as opposed to shown or enacted.

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   What is a diegesis example?

   • Diegesis may concern elements, such as characters, events and things within the main or "primary" narrative. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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   Diegesis is the relaying of information in a fictional work through a narrative, or the fictional world in which the events of a narrative occur. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related terms of diegesis from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Diegesis is the telling of a story by a narrator. The narrator may speak as a particular character, or may be the invisible narrator , or even the all-knowing narrator who speaks from "outside" in the form of commenting on the action or the characters.

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   Diegesis definition: the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters.. See examples of DIEGESIS used in a sentence.

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   Diegesis is the plot or story of a film or TV programme. Learn how to pronounce it, see related words and phrases, and read examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and Wikipedia.

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   Diegesis is a noun derived from Greek meaning "narration" or "story". It has three meanings in film, literature, and rhetoric, as explained in OED's entry with examples and etymology.

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   Apr 24, 2024 · Diegesis is a term that refers to a narrative world, a film world, or a mode of storytelling. Learn how to distinguish diegetic and extradiegetic elements in film, and how diegesis differs from mimesis in narratology.

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   the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters.: Compare mimesis (def. 2b). the sphere or world in which these narrated events and other elements occur.