Finir in medias res : chapitrage et division en actes
In a novel, interchapters can increase the narrative tension by interrupting the narration of an action before it ends. In the dramatic genre, act-division has evolved: during the classical age, all characters exit at the end of an act, thus leaving the stage empty; only later will the curtain be us...
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| description | In a novel, interchapters can increase the narrative tension by interrupting the narration of an action before it ends. In the dramatic genre, act-division has evolved: during the classical age, all characters exit at the end of an act, thus leaving the stage empty; only later will the curtain be used to underline this break. This paper aims at understanding what this specifity involves and at compairing on the one hand the effect created by the different forms of narrative and dramatic structuration systems, and, on the other hand, the theoretical debates they raised. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-22a8891cf7a14942a3dbfb4ab639d9b72025-08-20T03:47:44ZfraPléiade (EA 7338)Itinéraires2427-920X2020-10-012020110.4000/itineraires.7291Finir in medias res : chapitrage et division en actesMarc DouguetIn a novel, interchapters can increase the narrative tension by interrupting the narration of an action before it ends. In the dramatic genre, act-division has evolved: during the classical age, all characters exit at the end of an act, thus leaving the stage empty; only later will the curtain be used to underline this break. This paper aims at understanding what this specifity involves and at compairing on the one hand the effect created by the different forms of narrative and dramatic structuration systems, and, on the other hand, the theoretical debates they raised.https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/7291dramaactschaptersuspensecurtain |
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