narratology
(en)
the branch of knowledge or literary criticism that deals with the structure and function of narrative and its themes, conventions, and symbols
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self-evident meaning
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self-evident meaning
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vacillate
(en)
alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; differs from oscillate in that the rhythm is irregular
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figurant
(en)
an originally French word that means extra (as in a theatrical production); related words "unfiguranted" and "figurantless" mean "without anonymous extras" (where everyone is a protagonist of sorts)
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unfiguranted
quoted from IJ. I think DFW coined this word
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unfiguranted
quoted from IJ. I think DFW coined this word
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exformation
(en)
coined by Danish science writer Tor Nørretranders in his book The User Illusion published in English 1998; meant to mean "explicitly discarded information"
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defined as "not giving all the information needed to make sense of something and leaving it up to the reader to think about how this might work"; a common strategy of DFW's
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defined as "not giving all the information needed to make sense of something and leaving it up to the reader to think about how this might work"; a common strategy of DFW's
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Sherwood Anderson
(en)
an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer
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Georges Perec
(en)
a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
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William Gaddis
(en)
an American novelist; one of the first and most important American postmodern writers
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
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Honoré de Balzac
(en)
a French novelist and playwright; La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
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listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
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constative
(en)
denoting a speech act or sentence that is a statement declaring something to be the case
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verisimilar
(en)
having the appearance of truth; likely; probable
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