The tyrant narrator: notes to a poetics of narrative

The article discusses the use of the term diegesis in Plato’s Republic as a fundamental principle of a poetics of narrative, relating it with the concept of pure freedom (ákratos eleuthería) in Lucian of Samosata. Considering both parameters, it explores the status of the narrator (diegetés) and his...

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Main Author: Jacyntho Lins Brandão
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2010-06-01
Series:Gragoatá
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Online Access:http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/179
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Summary:The article discusses the use of the term diegesis in Plato’s Republic as a fundamental principle of a poetics of narrative, relating it with the concept of pure freedom (ákratos eleuthería) in Lucian of Samosata. Considering both parameters, it explores the status of the narrator (diegetés) and his tyrannical power, i.e. the ability to report both the credible and the unbelievable.
ISSN:1413-9073
2358-4114