The term framing device refers to the usage of the same single action, scene, event, setting, or any element of significance at both the beginning and end of an artistic, musical, or literary work. The repeated element thus creates a ‘frame’ within which the main body of work can develop.
The earliest example of this device is the frame story. Familiar examples of this include the Arabian Nights where Scheherazade must narrate stories in order to prevent her execution, Boccaccio's Decameron where young people run away from Florence to avoid the plague pass the time telling stories, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in which the host at the inn charges the travelers with each providing a tale.
Framing devices are very common in storytelling. They are often employed to hold a story together and provide context, to create interest, to provide resolution and/or to move a story along. They are sometimes set apart from the main narrative by a change in story telling technique or tone.
Η αναζήτηση στο ελληνικό διαδίκτυο βγάζει αμετάφραστες χρήσεις, π.χ. εδώ.
Μήπως υπάρχει κάποιος γαλλικός όρος που χρησιμοποιείται από τους Έλληνες κινηματογραφιστές;
The earliest example of this device is the frame story. Familiar examples of this include the Arabian Nights where Scheherazade must narrate stories in order to prevent her execution, Boccaccio's Decameron where young people run away from Florence to avoid the plague pass the time telling stories, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in which the host at the inn charges the travelers with each providing a tale.
Framing devices are very common in storytelling. They are often employed to hold a story together and provide context, to create interest, to provide resolution and/or to move a story along. They are sometimes set apart from the main narrative by a change in story telling technique or tone.
Η αναζήτηση στο ελληνικό διαδίκτυο βγάζει αμετάφραστες χρήσεις, π.χ. εδώ.
Μήπως υπάρχει κάποιος γαλλικός όρος που χρησιμοποιείται από τους Έλληνες κινηματογραφιστές;
