diegesis
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˌdaɪ.əˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
Noun
A narration or recitation.
- Examples
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A novel like Sterne′s Tristram Shandy, however, simply embeds a number of different diegeses on the play-within-a-play model.
More examples (2)
The standard distinction between mimesis and diegesis is usually referred to as that between showing and telling, between iconic and indexical signs on the one hand and symbolic signs on the other, between drama and recitation.
Extradiegetic music is a matter of pure convention. It constitutes an exception within Hollywood classical cinema, in which everything is to belong to diegesis in order to elaborate a fictive, realistic universe.
Word forms
diegeses