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Autodiegetic narrator

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In literature, autodiegetic narrator means: A narrator who tells a story in which they are the central character.

In Turkish: kendi öyküsünün başkişisi olan anlatıcı, otodiegetik anlatıcı

How it is used

Use when the narrator is the protagonist, rather than a witness telling another person's story.

Example sentences

  1. The autodiegetic narrator describes her own struggle to return to the island.

    The central goal belongs to the person telling the story.

  2. The revision uses an autodiegetic narrator who recounts her own central struggle to survive the storm.

    Her own struggle is the main action, so she is more than a witness to another person's story.

Common collocations

  • an autodiegetic narrator
  • use an autodiegetic narrator
  • first-person narratorA narrator who is a character in the story and tells it using 'I', so readers see events only through that character's eyes.
  • protagonistThe main character of a story, whose goals, problems and choices drive the plot and whom the reader follows most closely.

More terms: Narration and Point of View

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