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Adaptative reading

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One of the three fundamental modes of interpretation together with intentional and symptomatic readings. Adaptive readings range from interpretations freed from concerns for overreading or derreading ...

Adapatation

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The transmutation of a narrative, usually from one medium to another.

Embedded narrative

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Commonly, a "story within a story," or a narrative nested in a framing narrative.

Entity

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Also referred to as "existents" or "actors and actants,"entities comprise one of the two basic components of a story, the other being the events or action. Humanlike entities capable of agency are ...

Event

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The fundamental unit of the action. Also called an "incident," an event can be an act (a kick or a kiss), or a happening when no character is causally involved (a bolt of lightning).

Narration

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The telling of a storey or part of a story.

Lexia

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Roland Barthes in S/Z called lexia the "units of meaning" in a text, "blocks of signification" which amount to anything from a few words to several sentences. The termhas since been adapted in ...