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Simultaneous narration

Meaning in literature, with examples

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In literature, simultaneous narration means: A narrative method that tells events as if they are happening at the same moment, with little or no time gap between action and telling.

In Turkish: eşzamanlı anlatım

How it is used

Used in diaries, dramatic fiction, and first-person passages to create immediacy. It often makes readers feel they are following events in real time.

Example sentences

  1. In the workshop scene, the novel uses simultaneous narration, so we hear the apprentice judge each mistake as his hands are still moving.

    Here the telling happens almost together with the action, which reduces distance and lets the reader experience the moment directly.

  2. Our reading group noted that the prison diary feels tense because simultaneous narration records fear before the writer can reflect calmly.

    In this example, the term highlights immediate emotional reporting rather than later interpretation shaped by hindsight.

Common collocations

  • use simultaneous narration
  • simultaneous narration in a diary
  • effect of simultaneous narration
  • narratorThe voice that tells the story to the reader. It may be a character in the story or an outside voice, and it is not the same as the author.
  • point of viewThe position from which a story is told, which decides whose eyes we see events through and how much we learn, for example first-person or third-person.

More terms: Narration and Point of View

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