Is there a name for when the narrator (in a literary text) talks to the reader directly?

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• Aviandelight@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I believe that’s called narration.

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• OsakaWilson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It sounds like it’s breaking the fourth wall. Narrators can do it.

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  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    While that’s also what I’d call it, it’s a bit of a misnomer. The fourth wall is an acting term that refers to actors no interacting beyond the invisible wall that separates them from the audience. There isn’t really any such rule that says an author can’t address their readers directly in that way.

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• DireLlama@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Authorial intrusion.

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• brimnac@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think comments are messed up, so if someone answered (or if someone gave this answer and it was wrong…) apologies!

  Isn’t it “breaking the fourth wall”?

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  • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I would think “aside” would be a better term.

    Another commenter mentioned it.

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• ser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Do you mean breaking the 4th wall?

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• Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  ‘Omniscient Narrator.’

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