English

Adjective

intradiegetic ‎(comparative more intradiegetic, superlative most intradiegetic)

1. Part of the narrative.
   • 2010, Nina Nørgaard, Beatrix Busse, & Rocío Montoro, Key Terms in Stylistics, Continuum (2010), ISBN 9780826419484, page 125:

     One of the most famous examples of an intradiegetic narrator is Scherezade, the narrator of the tales in Arabian Nights (1954), who does belong in the general narrative frame despite that not involving her own but other people's stories.

   • 2011, Thomas Waugh, The Right to Play Oneself: Looking Back on Documentary Film, University of Minnesota Press (2011), ISBN 9780816645862, page 169:

     Intradiegetic music continues to be used to very stirring effect throughout the film, especially a solo performance of the sixties folk hymn “Five Hundred Miles” sung by Croxen's daughter, […]

   • 2014, Susanne Klinger, Translation and Linguistic Hybridity: Constructing World-View, Routledge (2014), ISBN 9781317617860, unnumbered page:

     One well-known example of an intradiegetic narrator is Marlow in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, who recounts his African adventures to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary.

Synonyms

• in-universe
• Watsonian

Antonyms

• Doylist
• extradiegetic
• out-of-universe