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Some narrative mode questions, /lit/
Since the main character in The Lovely Bones narrates her own actions in 'heaven', and also the actions of her loved ones, does it count as an omniscient story within a story?

Also, since Interview With the Vampire is.. an interview, is it a stream of consciousness and story within a story also?

>> No.1708183

the main character is homodiegetic—she exists both as the narrating agent of her own story and the loved ones.

Interview is not a stream of consciousness for we are not subjected to a hard and fast consciousness. It is a frame narrative.

>> No.1708190

>>1708183

How did you know that? Source, please.

>> No.1708198
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>>1708190

google "introduction to narratology"

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>>1708190
Here's a quick heuristic to tell: If you don't resemble the picture, it isn't stream of consciousness

>> No.1708202

>>1708198

Thanks :)

>> No.1708224

>>1708190
>>1708202
Btw this wasn't me, I'm OP
What could count as a stream of consciousness, and are these books both stories within stories?

>> No.1708229

>>1708224

Everythings a story within a story if you think about it.

If you want to look at stream of consciousness read To The Lighthouse.

>> No.1708233

>>1708183
Just read about what a frame narrative is -- it's exactly the foundation of The Lovely Bones! I'm thinking this French film Enter the Void is also a frame narrative