terminology - Where does the word "diegesis" come from, and to …
Jan 19, 2017 · I've noticed that the word "diegesis" is an important term when discussing literature and literary value. Where does it come from, and what does it mean?
Why is Spider silent? - Literature Stack Exchange
Sep 7, 2017 · They're a diegetic conceit of the framing device, and serve to make the pantomime more understandable. So why is the dog Spider, who is entirely invisible and only given …
Why does Doctor Faustus ask for only 24 years of life?
Sep 12, 2022 · Twenty four seems like a significant choice, not being a "round number" like 50 or 100, and of course mirroring the number of hours in a day. Is the number 24 for Faustus' …
Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway": stream of consciousness or free ...
Jul 27, 2023 · Is disguised through stylistic conventions to mask its overtly diegetic, or story-telling, effect as happenstance, natural, or overheard. Stream of consciousness enacts …
In Foucault's Pendulum, by what method does the translation …
I understand that decision; however, at other places in the book, specific phrases, sentences, and words are left in their original Italian. Is there diegetic significance to those phrases? If not, by …
Was Mr Edward Rochester mistaken in thinking Celine Varens was …
I am currently reading Jane Eyre, the famous novel written by Charlotte Bronte. In his account of how he was cheated on by the opera-dancer Celine Varens, Rochester didn't really explain …
Are all books the same length in "The Library of Babel"?
A better reason to doubt that there are 80 characters in a line is that if you don't break words in the mi- ddle, not all books can be broken up into lines with exactly 80 characters in them …
Newest 'the-woman-in-black' Questions - Literature Stack Exchange
Why is Spider silent? Sound is a major defining component of The Woman in Black: many of the imaginary and semi-present elements of the performance get explicit sound cues. They're a …