homodiegetic

English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ diegetic.

Adjective

homodiegetic (not comparable)

1. (literature, film) Of or relating to the narrator of a dramatic work who is also the protagonist or other character in the work.
   • 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 185:

     The second part of the novella, including chapters 13-15, is more personal and reflective. Here, our apparently heterodiegetic narrator reveals himself to be homodiegetic: to be Tanner's sidekick BB Trane, previously referred to in the third person.

Antonyms

• heterodiegetic

Related terms

• homodiegesis

See also

• autodiegetic