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Meaning of diégesis



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diégesis
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Sust. FEM. 1. In "Narrative", fictional world in which occurs the statement. 2 Story, remembrance, as opposed to exhibition or performance. The diegesis is developed in three areas: space, time and characters. In the time of Plato and Aristotle's concept of diegesis was opposed to mimesis ( MIME: imitation ). A narrator relates what do the characters in the diegesis. Mimesis shows the actions of these. The word derives from the Greek noun 'diéegeesis': narrative, explanation, exhibition. (Source: 41 Wikipedia;

  



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In a literary work, narrative development of the facts.

  










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