Shakespeare: the essence of drama is
direct re-presentation of actions enacted in space: Richard II
represents to us the tug-of-war between Richard and Bullingbroke,
and doesn’t have a narrator editorialize and tell us where to place
our sympathies
Plato: dialogue engages the reader in
the philosophical process of questioning, doesn’t simply present us with a
final truth
Alternatives to Narrated
Stories
If narrators can do so many things, why might authors choose alternatives to narrated stories?