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Story within a story
A
story within a story
is a
literary device
in which one character within a
narrative
narrates.
Mise en abyme
is the
French
term for a similar literary device (also referring to the practice in
heraldry
of placing the image of a small shield on a larger shield). A story within a story can be used in all types of narration:
novels
,
short stories
,
plays
,
television programs
,
films
,
poems
,
songs
, and
philosophical
essays
.
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