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Author surrogate. As a literary technique, an author surrogate (also called an author avatar) is a fictional character based on the author. [ 1] The author surrogate may be disguised, with a different name, or the author surrogate may be quite close to the author, with the same name. Some authors use author surrogates to express philosophical ...
List of narrative techniques. A narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several storytelling methods the creator of a story uses, [1] thus effectively relaying information to the audience or making the story more complete, complex, or engaging. Some scholars also call such a technique a narrative mode, though this ...
Michael Crichton. John Michael Crichton (/ ˈkraɪtən /; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction ...
Self-insertion. Literary device where the author writes themself into their fictional story. Sandro Botticelli 's painting of the Adoration of the Magi has an inserted self-portrait at the far right: the position in the corner and the gaze out to the viewer are very typical of such self-portraits. Self-insertion is a literary device in which ...
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. It is metafictionally presented as an abridgment of a longer work by the ...
Pages in category "Narrative techniques". The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. List of narrative techniques. Plot device.
1940–1948. Rank. Captain. Unit. Royal Artillery. Battles / wars. Second World War. Dutch East Indies campaign. James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; 10 October 1921 [1][2] – 7 September 1994) was an Australian-born, British-raised and educated, naturalized-American writer, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and ...
Raoul Duke. Raoul Duke is the partially fictionalized author surrogate character and sometimes pseudonym used by Hunter S. Thompson as the main character and antihero for many of his works. [1] He is perhaps best known as the narrator for his 1971 autobiographical novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The book was originally written under the ...