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Volume 10, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 2042-7824
  • E-ISSN: 2042-7832

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Abstract

Based on the narrative mechanisms of the short film, the article addresses its use of clichés and tropes. The focus is on the migration of these tropes from a narrative position to a thematic level – a migration regarded as a metafictional device with the aim of explaining the fate of the main character.

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Keyword(s): bank robbers; clichés; emotions; metafiction; teaching; tropes
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