List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

The Greatest Framing Devices in Literature - Page 2

And so, he began to tell me his tale...
One of the oldest and best-used literary devices, the framing device is a narrative technique in which a story is surrounded ("framed") by a secondary story, creating a story within a story. The inner story, or collection of stories, is usually the bulk of the work, or serves to give the outer story greater meaning and context. Below are some of the greatest use of framing devices used to connect and contextualize several narrative threads.
634 users · 5,072 views
 
made by private user
avg. score: 15 of 77 (19%)
required scores: 1, 8, 11, 15, 22 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 2 of 2
41
Possession
Possession
42
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman
43
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
44
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
45
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum
46
The Autumn of the Patriarch (El Otoño Del Patriarca) 1975
The Autumn of the Patriarch (El Otoño Del Patriarca) 1975
47
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox
48
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
49
The Last Man
The Last Man
50
Hamlet
Hamlet
51
Midsummer Nights Dream
Midsummer Nights Dream
52
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
53
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
54
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
55
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
56
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
57
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
58
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
59
The Wise Man's Fear
The Wise Man's Fear
60
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
61
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
62
Redwall Series
Redwall Series
63
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
64
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A.Milne)
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A.Milne)
65
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
66
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear
67
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
68
It (Stephen King)
It (Stephen King)
69
Monkey Beach
Monkey Beach
70
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
71
The Lorax
The Lorax
72
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
73
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
74
Joan Makes History (Kate Grenville)
Joan Makes History (Kate Grenville)
75
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang
76
Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers
77
Lancelot
Lancelot
Page 2 of 2
 Your Results
Click the SHOW MY RESULTS button
above to calculate your results.
Up Next
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN