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Homodiegetic narrator

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In literature, homodiegetic narrator means: A narrator who is also a character in the story being told.

In Turkish: öyküde yer alan anlatıcı, homodiegetik anlatıcı

How it is used

Use to classify participation in events, not merely the pronouns used in narration.

Example sentences

  1. The homodiegetic narrator watches the trial from the gallery but never testifies.

    A witness can belong to the story without being its main actor.

  2. We identified the sailor as a homodiegetic narrator because he joined the voyage.

    His presence on the ship establishes participation in the events he recounts.

Common collocations

  • a homodiegetic narrator
  • identify a homodiegetic narrator
  • heterodiegetic narratorA narrator who tells the story without being a character within the fictional world of the events being narrated.
  • 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.

More terms: Narration and Point of View

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