narrative technique

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narrative
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈner.ə.t̬ɪv/
telling a story or describing a series ...
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technique
noun[C or U]
uk
/tekˈniːk/us
/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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Because of thisnarrativetechnique, crucial data are sometimes provided a bit late.
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The result of thisnarrativetechniqueis to leave the reader with some memorable vignettes.
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Thus, the results of these studies suggested that thenarrativetechniqueoffered a promising method for investigating early emotional and moral development and family relationships in preschoolers.
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This can be seen in the montage imitatingnarrativetechnique, soap opera and science fiction elements.
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In particular, critics have focused on the writer's complexnarrativetechnique, subtlety, and use of irony.
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He characterizes its convolutednarrativetechniqueas postmodern tricksiness.
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He saw this as crucial because he felt thatnarrativetechniqueultimately takes us back to the metaphysics of the novelist.
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Hisnarrativetechniqueis one that attempts to portray all events and characters in constant flux and instability but also moving through all potentialities.
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Thisnarrativetechniqueblunts some of the pointed barbs aimed at hypocrisy, especially of those in authority, and the sometimes base motives of supposedly respectable people and institutions.
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Thisnarrativetechnique, which fuses the narrator very closely with the consciousness and point of view of the central characters of the plot, was original for its period.
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Also, some scenes are viewed through the eyes of different characters, anarrativetechniquethat allows the advancing story to switch back and fill in where it previously left off.
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Authors from other periods have questioned how far narrative techniques have conditioned our interpretation of the past, challenging the idea of an objective and complete description.
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The narrative techniques, then, recover the unacceptable horror while commenting on the matter-of-fact way in which these events happen - and are passed by.
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Next, we discuss the effectiveness of storystem narrative techniques in accessing the representational world of young children, highlighting work that has been done with normative and maltreated populations.
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Faulkner plays with thenarrativetechniqueby manipulating conventional differences between stream of consciousness and interior monologue.
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Obituaries of an author's life may be especially ironic : they tell the story of a storyteller in conventions that may be accepted or rejected by that author's narrative techniques.
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Kafka is through hisnarrativetechnique(the personal narrative situation) the reader a chance to learn more, as the narrator tells him.
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Musawi's mode of presentation consists of a rapid movement through thematic issues and the narrative techniques of negotiating them by way of brief discussions of relevant novels.
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