This article focuses on those passages in a narrative that consider what did not or does not take place. It can fulfill a number of functions, the most important of which is a rhetorical/interpretive one. When it pertains to the narrating rather than the narrated, it emphasizes the realities of representation as opposed to the representation of realities. On the other hand, when it pertains to the narrated rather than the narrating, it underlines the quality and value of the former. The disnarrated can, for example, become a rhythmic instrument by regularly slowing down narrative speed--it is clear that reference to nonevents or hypothetical events plays a role similar or equivalent to that of descriptive or commentarial information.
This article focuses on those passages in a narrative that consider what did not or does not take place. It can fulfill a number of functions, the most important of which is a rhetorical/interpretive one. When it pertains to the narrating rather than the narrated, it emphasizes the realities of representation as opposed to the representation of realities. On the other hand, when it pertains to the narrated rather than the narrating, it underlines the quality and value of the former. The disnarrated can, for example, become a rhythmic instrument by regularly slowing down narrative speed--it is clear that reference to nonevents or hypothetical events plays a role similar or equivalent to that of descriptive or commentarial information.
This article focuses on those passages in a narrative that consider what did not or does not take place. It can fulfill a number of functions, the most important of which is a rhetorical/interpretive one. When it pertains to the narrating rather than the narrated, it emphasizes the realities of representation as opposed to the representation of realities. On the other hand, when it pertains to the narrated rather than the narrating, it underlines the quality and value of the former. The disnarrated can, for example, become a rhythmic instrument by regularly slowing down narrative speed--it is clear that reference to nonevents or hypothetical events plays a role similar or equivalent to that of descriptive or commentarial information.