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- adjective literature, film In
film studies andnarratology , descriptive of anarrator that does not take part in theplot .
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hetero- + diegetic
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In the sense that its narrator is 'different' from the exegesis (an explanation or critical interpretation of a text) that comprises the story, this makes the narrative heterodiegetic (does not take part in the narrated action).
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In the sense that its narrator is 'different' from the exegesis (an explanation or critical interpretation of a text) that comprises the story, this makes the narrative heterodiegetic (does not take part in the narrated action).
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