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  2. Frame story - Wikipedia

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    The frame story leads readers from a first story into one or more other stories within it. The frame story may also be used to inform readers about aspects of the secondary narrative(s) that may otherwise be hard to understand. This should not be confused with narrative structure. [1] [2] [3] A notable example is The Decameron.

  3. Setting (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    A setting (or backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either non-fiction or fiction. It is a literary element.The setting initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story.

  4. Nonlinear narrative - Wikipedia

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    Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative, or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique where events are portrayed, for example, out of chronological order or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or narrating another story inside the main plot-line.

  5. Three-act structure - Wikipedia

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    A visual representation of the three-act structure as described by Syd Field in his book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts (), often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution.

  6. Tragedy - Wikipedia

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    Tragedy (from the Greek: τραγῳδία, tragōidia [a]) is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters. [2]

  7. Oedipus Rex - Wikipedia

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    Oedipus Rex is widely regarded as one of the greatest plays, stories, and tragedies ever written. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In 2015, when The Guardian ' s theatre critic Michael Billington , selected what he thinks are the 101 greatest plays ever written, Oedipus Rex was placed second, just after The Persians .

  8. Docudrama - Wikipedia

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    A docudrama, in which historical fidelity is the keynote, is generally distinguished from a film merely "based on true events", a term which implies a greater degree of dramatic license, and from the concepts of historical drama, a broader category which may also incorporate entirely fictionalized events intermixed with factual ones, and ...

  9. Improvisational theatre - Wikipedia

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    Longform improv performers create shows in which short scenes are often interrelated by story, characters, or themes. Longform shows may take the form of an existing type of theatre, for example a full-length play or Broadway-style musical such as Spontaneous Broadway.

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