legal studies definitions

Mimesis

showing, not telling, directly represented

Diegesis

telling of a story, the relaying of information in a (fictional) work) through a narrative

homodiegetic and heterodiegetic narrator

both types of metadiegetic / hypodiegetic level

Extradiegetic level

external to not part of any diegesis. Narrator is not part of the story or universe. Outside narrative

intradiegetic level

level of the characters, their thoughts and actions, narrator is inside the story

Metadiegetic/ hypodiegetic level

diegesis that is embedded in another one and is often understood as a story within a story, as when a diegetic narrator tells us a story

homodiegetic narrator

a character within the story tells their story

heterodiegetic narrator

narrator who is not a character in the story but in a way hovers above it and knows everything about it

narrative (formal)

representation of an event or series of events (how it's presented and order)

event

called a story and must be an action not static

representation

recounting or telling of events

story

event situations and behaviors signified by words images and gestures

narrative discourse

time of plot and time of representation

discourse time

time to consume

narrative time

sequencing

Narrative Blueprint

preordained mold of a legal story that every criminal justice system provides