ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Flashbacks interrupt the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character’s life. A writer uses this literary device to help readers better understand present-day elements in the story or learn more about a character.

Detailed explanation-2: -Flashback: The author’s interruption of the sequential plot events to return to an earlier event. This past event is represented as if it is happening in real time. The author uses a flashback to provide important background information to help the reader understand the present situation in the story narrative.

Detailed explanation-3: -A flashback (sometimes called an analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory.

Detailed explanation-4: -A flashback interrupts that chronological sequence, the front line action or “present” line of the story, to show readers a scene that unfolded in the past.

Detailed explanation-5: -A flashback is when memories of a past trauma feel as if they are taking place in the current moment.