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Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative.This information can be about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. [1] In literature, exposition appears in the form of expository writing embedded within the narrative.
On 1 January, AD 400, the bishop Asterius of Amasea [10] in Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey) preached a sermon against the Feast of Calends ("this foolish and harmful delight") [11] that describes the role of the mock king in Late Antiquity.
In narratology, focalisation is the perspective through which a narrative is presented, as opposed to an omniscient narrator. [1] Coined by French narrative theorist Gérard Genette, his definition distinguishes between internal focalisation (first-person) and external focalisation (third-person, fixed on the actions of and environments around a character), with zero focalisation representing ...
Tenth of December: Stories has been translated into Spanish by translator Ben Clark and published by Ediciones Alfabia in 2013. The short story collection has been translated into Polish by translator of modern English language literature Michał Kłobukowski and published by W.A.B. in 2016.
Podtours site with info and many images; Illuminated manuscript examples from the Museum of the Book, The Hague Archived 2015-09-04 at the Wayback Machine; Photos of Zodiac and Monthly Labour Imagery in the churches of Britain, France and Italy; The Medieval Year: Zodiac Signs and the Labors of the Months; A comprehensive collection of images ...
aerate (meaning "expose to air") probably from aeration [1] aesthete from aesthetic [2] aggress from aggression [4] air-condition from air conditioning [2] alley [1] alliterate from alliteration [1] allotrope from allotropy [1] amaze from Middle English amased [1] ambivalent from ambivalence [1] ameliorate perhaps from amelioration in some ...
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]
Diegesis (/ ˌ d aɪ ə ˈ dʒ iː s ɪ s /; from Ancient Greek διήγησις (diḗgēsis) 'narration, narrative', from διηγεῖσθαι (diēgeîsthai) 'to narrate') is a style of fiction storytelling in which a participating narrator offers an on-site, often interior, view of the scene to the reader, viewer, or listener by subjectively describing the actions and, in some cases ...