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frame story

story in a nested narration that brackets one or more embedded stories
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Summary

frame story is a narrative technique[1]. It draws 1,523 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #4 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • frame story's instance of is recorded as narrative technique[3].
  • frame story is a type of narration[4].
  • frame story is part of story within a story[5].
  • frame story's said to be the same as is recorded as Обрамлення в літературі[6].
  • frame story is the opposite of embedded story[7].
  • frame story's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Frame stories[8].
  • frame story's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[9].
  • frame story's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration[10].

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Definition and Type

frame story's instance of is recorded as narrative technique[3]. It is a type of narration[4]. It is the opposite of embedded story[7].

Use and Application

frame story is part of story within a story[5].

Why It Matters

frame story draws 1,523 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #4 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 29
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'fy', 'he', '
    Harper's tag → frame-stories
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: frame-stories, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289931218|frame stories (#289931218)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 19w ago · Taravyvan Adijene · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Frame stories
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Frame stories"
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