Homer's Odyssey 3: Narration(s) and Narrator(s)

6 Maio 2020, 08:00 Jacopo Masi

Analysis of the the different levels of narration and different types of narrator in the Odyssey.

The explanation of Genette's distinctions has been reinforced by examples from Homer's poem.
Main notions:
Frame story vs embedded story
extradiegetic vs intradiegetic narrator
heterodiegetics vs homodiegetic (vs autodiegetic) narrator