Question

Which best describes the way medieval writers often structured a narrative?

A telling a story within a story
B presenting events from the perspective of a Divine Being
C recounting the life of an ordinary person from beginning to end
D having many narrators tell the same story from different points of view

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Telling a story within a story

Explanation:

Most of the medieval writers used to structure a narrative by using a story within a story. This literary device can have its origin traced back to a device similar device that is known as a "frame story", where a supplemental story is used to help the narrator to tell the main story.

Answer 2

Answer:

A. telling a story within a story

Explanation:

The narrative of medieval writers was structured in a story within a story that generally manifested as accounts of the lives of saints, surrounded by a moralizing and exemplary purpose. Thus, given such intentions, they were produced within the monasteries and many of them written in Latin.