Sentence examples for framing device from inspiring English sources
noun
An introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
More importantly Bartlett's framing device imparts the configuration of a medically induced dream.
The episodes in Porter's life are constructed around a painfully contrived framing device.
Though it's clear which couple is the better pair, should the framing device be split evenly?
Hawkes dissipates the work's satirical purpose, while his operetta-within-a-film framing device adds unnecessary layers of narrative confusion.
Time travel is simply our archetypal framing device.
The context of the cassette, bloody stereo and framing device create mysteries straight away.
That's the roundabout inspiration for the horror anthology "Holidays," which otherwise has no explanatory framing device or through-story.
Consider using a found material or true story framing device.
First is the framing device.
An Austerian framing device is at work.
The awkward framing device doesn't help.
