homodiegetic

English

Etymology

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
  • homodiegesis

See also
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