Erzählinstanz

English translation: narrator, narrative agent

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German term or phrase:	Erzählinstanz
English translation:	narrator, narrative agent
Entered by:	Kevin Pfeiffer (X)

06:50 Aug 2, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Early New High German literature

German term or phrase: Erzählinstanz

Der Text Thürings trägt mannigfache Spuren des Verhältnisses von Mündlichkeit/Schriftlichkeit in sich, so etwa das System der Abschnittsgliederung (das teilweise mit der Insertion von Bildern kommuniziert) oder die Gestaltung der *Erzählinstanz* und der textimmanenten Publikumsrolle.

Can someone clarify what the force of -instanz is in this context?

Armorel Young KudoZ activity Questions: 383 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 3447
Local time: 01:44

narrator

Explanation:
Doctoral student in Brussels...

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Kevin Pfeiffer (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:44

Grading comment

Thanks. I like Klaus's German definition best as that makes the meaning completely clear, but narrator just about cover it.
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Summary of answers provided

2 +2

narrative agent

Fantutti (X)

narrative writer

stelauso

narrator

Kevin Pfeiffer (X)

3 -2

narratee

------ (X)

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

Erzählinstanz narratee

Explanation:
Not the author but the narrator within the story.

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Note added at 9 mins (2004-08-02 07:00:30 GMT)
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[PPT] Topic 7: The Narrator
Formato de archivo: Microsoft Powerpoint 97 - Versión en HTML
... The implied author is the ‘author’ presumed by the narrative, but he/she/it does
not ... The narratee is the personage the narrator relates the story ...
courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellibst/4207/lect7.ppt - Páginas similares

Second Person Fiction - Second Person Narrative - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... In this \"first-person\" narrative, the \"you\" refers to an undramatised narratee identified
through ... this \"you\" is more \"present,\" the narrator re-invoking ...
members.westnet.com.au/emmas/2p/thesis/bib_2.htm - 39k - En caché - Páginas similares

Second Person Fiction - Second Person Narrative - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... most interesting and insightful arguments about \"second-person\" narrative propose
that ... of the \"you\"-protagonist, reader-narratee and narrator are combined ...
members.westnet.com.au/emmas/2p/thesis/0b.htm - 22k - En caché - Páginas similares
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The narratee in the seventeenth-century elegy: the case of \" ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... to this conclusion as the way which the idyll concludes the \"larger narrative\" (100). ... Thus
the relationship between the narrator and the narratee gives us ...
www.english.ilstu.edu/strickland/215/sample/mhmdo.html - 16k - En caché - Páginas similares

Game Culture - for gamers who think and thinkers who game - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... It is important to keep in mind, however, that in an interactive narrative the
roles of the narrator and the narratee cannot be distinguished so ...
www.game-culture.com/articles/insearch.html - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares

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Note added at 20 mins (2004-08-02 07:11:20 GMT)
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Hi Armorel,
my confidence level is at least 4,25.:)
Best regards!

------ (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 5

39 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Erzählinstanz narrative agent

Explanation:
Marburger Arbeitsgruppe Narrativik - [ Translate this page ]
Die Frage nach der **Erzählinstanz** verbindet sich mit den Fragen danach, wie Erzähltexte
gebaut sind, welche Erzählmuster sie aufweisen ... English version. ...
www.narratology.net/html/marburgg.html - 12k -

My answer is solely based on the bilingual website above, so my confidence level is quite low.

Fantutti (X)
Local time: 17:44
PRO pts in category: 20

44 mins confidence:

Erzählinstanz narrative writer

Explanation:
instanz implies the importance of the narrator

stelauso
Local time: 02:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French

53 mins confidence:

Erzählinstanz

narrator

Explanation:
Doctoral student in Brussels...

Reference: http://www.vub.ac.be/SGER/olennon.html

Kevin Pfeiffer (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks. I like Klaus's German definition best as that makes the meaning completely clear, but narrator just about cover it.

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