The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diegesis
Diegesis \Di`e*ge"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to narrate; dia` through + ? to lead.] A narrative or history; a recital or relation.
Wiktionary
diegesis
n. (context narratology English) A narration or recitation.
Wikipedia
Diegesis
Diegesis (; from the Greek from , "to narrate") is a style of fiction storytelling that presents an interior view of a world in which:
- details about the world itself and the experiences of its characters are revealed explicitly through narrative
- the story is told or recounted, as opposed to shown or enacted.
In diegesis the narrator tells the story. The narrator presents the actions (and sometimes thoughts) of the characters to the readers or audience.
Usage examples of "diegesis".
Mimesis and diegesis need each other, and often work together so that the join between them can be difficult to discern exactly, but it is easy to see how fundamental they are as the building blocks of narrative.