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homodiegetic en · ADJ

Etymology

From homo- + diegetic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the narrator of a dramatic work who is also the protagonist or other character in the work.
    • The second part of the novella, including chapters 13-15, is more personal and reflective. Here, our apparently heterodiegetic narrator reveals himself to be homodiegetic: to be Tanner's sidekick BB Trane, previously referred to in the third person. 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 185:

Antonyms

heterodiegetic

Deriveds

homodiegetically

Relateds

autodiegetic · homodiegesis