Near Matches
Ignore Exact
Full Text
framing device
created by
Quizro
(
idea
) by
Quizro
(2.6 mon)
(
print
)
?
(
I like it!
)
Thu Feb 10 2000 at 17:31:41
Way in which an
author
structures his
story
or
novel
by providing a
context
for its telling. For example,
Steven Brust
's
fantasy
novel
The Phoenix Guards
takes the form of a work of history, and the events in the novel are presented as having actually happened - to the extent that the history's "author" adds highly
opinionated
commentary of his own to the
narrative
.
William Goldman
used a similar device for
The Princess Bride
, claiming that it is an abridged version of a longer work by one "S. Morgenstern". This fiction allowed Goldman to bypass a lot of
exposition
that he personally found
dull
to write and skip to the
exciting
parts.
printable version
chaos
Frame Breaking Act
exposition
S. Morgenstern
Constitution of Thailand Preamble
checker-faced framing hammer
Expository
Little Shop of Horrors
Erving Goffman
Amorphous
The Blob
Multifarious
dull
Y'know, if you
log in
, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site.
Create a New User
if you don't already have an account.
Login
Password
remember me
password reminder
register
Everything2 Help
Things you could have written:
Bahá'í Faith
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
The day I became a capitalist swine, hell-bent on gorging on the fruits of slave labor
Life of Pi
Thoughts on The Joy Luck Club
Bridgeborough, New Jersey
An area the size of Wales
PayPal
Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
Georg Hegel
Coyote
hookah
Coase Theorem
Heitah
Posthumous Oscar
(
thing
)
ignis_glaciesque
University of South Florida
(
place
)
ignis_glaciesque
Flogstaskriket
(
idea
)
liveforever
Caesar's last breath
(
idea
)
dagnyswaggart
she wants to believe
(
personal
)
antigravpussy
he doesn't know, but her eyes widen too far
(
thing
)
dagnyswaggart
Wild tides guard her secrets
(
poetry
)
Lord Brawl
Caesar's last breath
(
poetry
)
locke baron
Forgotten things in space
(
fiction
)
sitaraika
Colours
(
idea
)
etouffee
Wild tides guard her secrets
(
poetry
)
Lord Brawl
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
(
review
)
a8ksh4
regret
(
idea
)
Heisenberg
Editor Log: July 2008
(
log
)
sam512
halfway homes, catacombs, twilight zones
(
fiction
)
This affordable entertainment brought to you by
The Everything Development Company