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Meanings of frame narrative in English

Russian
обрамление
Portuguese
narrativa moldura
Catalan
història marc
Spanish
narracion enmarcada

Story in a nested narration that brackets one or more embedded stories.

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        обрамление
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        Examples for "frame story"
        Examples for "frame story"
        1
        The frame story is pretty much correct.
        The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
        2
        The frame story with the men in Silence's inn was nearly cut two or three times-evenGardner was skeptical about it when he started reading.
        Arcanum Unbounded
        3
        How we frame stories matters and readers know it; they're usually far smarter than most reporters give them credit for.
        The Guardian
        1
        Possibly the Powell sequences might have worked better as a framing device.
        Reuters
        2
        That framing device initially baffled some of the show's cast, including Malek.
        The Guardian
        3
        This is good, gray-area stuff that deserves a better framing device.
        Reuters
        4
        It's the same shameless framing device that helped make Titanicsimultaneously nauseating and lachrymose.
        The Irish Times
        5
        This framing device is forced, sentimental and, ultimately, becomes seeped in New Age baloney.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of frame narrative in English
        1
        An elliptical frame narrative throws us out towards another, untold, story.
        The Guardian