MEANING
At an outer narrative level, framing the primary story rather than belonging to an embedded one.
Use it for
A narrator or frame situated outside an embedded story.Use when distinguishing a narrative’s level from whether its narrator participates in the events.
On the page
The extradiegetic narrator frames the letters before the characters discover them.
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- extradiegetic
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