Some of the earliest frame stories are from ancient Egypt, including one in the Papyrus Westcar, the
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A frame story is a literary device that acts as a convenient conceit to organize a set of smaller narratives, either devised by the author or taken from a previous stock of popular tales, slightly altered by the author for the purp… See more

When there is a single story, the frame story is used for other purposes – chiefly to position the reader's attitude toward the tale. This can be done in a variety of ways.
A common reason to frame a single story is to draw att… See more

To be a frame narrative, the story must act primarily as an occasion for the telling of other stories. For example, Odysseus narrates much of the Odyssey to the Phaeacians, but, even though this recollectio… See more

In musical sonata form or rondo, a reprised theme occurs at the beginning and end of the work, or returns periodically. A framing device may take the form of a recurrent element at the beginning and end of the narrative. F… See more

• Fan fiction – Type of fiction created by fans of the original subject
• Fictional universe – Self-consistent fictional setting with elements that may differ from the real world
• Parallel novel – Pastiche novel with in-universe co… See more