| 单词 | narrative device |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnarrative device In a fictional work: a character, event, narrative technique, etc., used in order to bring about a desired effect or to advance the plot. Frequently with distinguishing word, as literary device, narrative device, plot device, etc. ΚΠ 1836 Amer. Q. Rev. Mar. 194 The writer..would beguile, amuse, or teach his cotemporaries by some winning literary device. 1886 Overland Monthly Mar. 322/2 It is a religious satire, after the model of Gulliver's Travels, as far as the narrative device goes. 1911 Times 2 Feb. 10/4 The bet which ‘Kingsearl Major’ makes that he will kiss Miss Hobbs within a month is a fairly familiar stage device. 1945 PMLA 60 229 Having used a plot device or situation before, he saw what appeared a better opportunity for using it. 1963 D. MacDonald Against Amer. Grain 90 Describing boyhood trivia in inflated language is, or was, a reliable comic device. 1984 J. Barnes Flaubert's Parrot v. 66 As for coincidences in books—there's something cheap and sentimental about the device. 2005 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 18 June a18 Metaphors have been a common literary and artistic device for thousands of years. < as lemmas |
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