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Focalisation

In narratology, focalisation (also focalization) is the perspective through which events in a narrative are perceived and presented to the reader. The concept was introduced by French narrative theorist Gérard Genette to replace the vaguer notion of "point of view" by separating the question of who sees (the focaliser) from who speaks (the narrator).…

Genette's typology, Focalisation and related concepts & Bal's refinement

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Genette's typology

Bal's refinement

Focalisation and related concepts

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Focalisation

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples24
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
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Focalisation

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related to Genette's typology · 12
Focalisation → Dashiell Hammett's, Ernest Hemingway's, External, Genette, Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, He, Henry James's The Ambassadors, Internal, The, The Killers, This, Zero
related to Focalisation and related concepts · 7
Focalisation → Free, Genette, Point, The, Unreliable, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, When
related to Bal's refinement · 4
Focalisation → Genette's, In, Mieke Bal, The
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Focalisation → relationship between two entities

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narrative genette narrator narratology discourse view character internal focaliser also perspective gérard point distinguished character's bal perception whose narrator's speech

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Focalisationis arelationship between two entities0.90text
Focalisationrelated to Bal's refinementMieke Bal0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Bal's refinementGenette's0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Bal's refinementIn0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Bal's refinementThe0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Focalisation and related conceptsPoint0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Focalisation and related conceptsThe0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Focalisation and related conceptsGenette0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Focalisation and related conceptsFree0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Focalisation and related conceptsVirginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Focalisation and related conceptsUnreliable0.60section
Focalisationrelated to Focalisation and related conceptsWhen0.60section

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