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prolepsis: a standalone construct

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Narratology

a narrative move that tells or evokes in advance an event that will take place later in the story.

In narratology, prolepsis refers to a narrative move that tells or evokes in advance an event that will take place later in the story. This meaning comes from Genette (1972/1980) in Narrative discourse.[1]

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discourse6 fields · 10 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs event3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs narrative5 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs

References

Genette, G. (1980). Narrative discourse: An essay in method (J. E. Lewin, Trans.). Blackwell. (Original work published 1972) ISBN 9780631109815

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