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Q&A Term for writing mostly in first-person, but switching to third-person for things the POV doesn't yet know?

It is called a frame. A frame is a literary device in which one narrative is contained within another, the outer frame being used to in some way set the scene for the other. A frame has nothing to ...

posted 7y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:41:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
It is called a frame. A frame is a literary device in which one narrative is contained within another, the outer frame being used to in some way set the scene for the other. A frame has nothing to do with person or POV directly, but it is not unlikely that the frame and the narrative it frames may be told in a different person.

Examples of frames include:

- _Heart of Darkness_, which includes a double frame.
- _The Princess Bride_, which if framed by the Grandfather telling the story to the Grandson.
- Any of the many found manuscript tales that seemed to be popular in the 19th century. 
- _A Thousand and One Nights_, in which Scheherazade tells cliffhanger stories to avoid being killed each night.
- _Canterbury tales_
- _Frankenstein_, in which the story is told through the device of letters relating a story told to the writer of the letters.
- _Amadeus_, in which the story is told in the form of Salieri's confession.
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