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Narrative discourse
Literature; Literary techniques
The storey as narrated – that is, the storey as rendered in a particular narrative.
Gap
Literature; Literary techniques
The inevitable voids, large or small, in any narrative that the reader is called upon to fill from his or her experience or imagination.
Gutter
Literature; Literary techniques
The space between frames in a cartoon comic sequence. The gutter is a form of narrative gap that is built into the medium of the comic strip. It is the space in which the reader imagines events ...
Happening
Literature; Literary techniques
One of the two kinds of event in a narrative. Unlike actions, happenings occur without the specific agency of a character.
Hypertext narrative
Literature; Literary techniques
Narrative conveyed in electronic media that capitalises on hypertext capability to permit (or require) the reader to switch attention instantly to other lexia – texts or graphics, which may (but not ...
Retardation
Literature; Literary techniques
The slowing down of the narrative discourse. Often, but not always, a way of increasing suspense.
Reflexive narrative
Literature; Literary techniques
A reflexive or self-reflexive (or self-conscious) narrative is one that, either by formal or thematic means, calls attention to its condition as constructed art.
