ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -When writing a work of fiction, an author can take the reader out of the present story and jump into an earlier time period in a character’s life. This narrative tool is called a flashback.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -What are flashbacks? A flashback is a vivid experience in which you relive some aspects of a traumatic event or feel as if it is happening right now. This can sometimes be like watching a video of what happened, but flashbacks do not necessarily involve seeing images, or reliving events from start to finish.

Detailed explanation-4: -Full Flashback This is where a full scene-or more-takes place in the past of the narrative. Some flashbacks are so extended that they essentially become the primary story, with the present-day narrative serving as a framing story.

Detailed explanation-5: -A woman is about to get married. As she puts on her veil, she remembers her fiancé three years before, swearing he would make her his wife someday. A tear comes to her eye and she prepares to walk down the aisle. Here, the flashback is the memory of the woman’s fiancé three years before.