The word "remark" in translation from French means "note", "mark", "remark". In literature, it is a narrative element that is not part of the plot.
Why do you need a remark
The task of the remarks is to clarify what is happening to the characters, how their surroundings are changing, etc. This is one of the compositional and stylistic techniques that the author uses to make the narrative more vivid and imaginative. A remark can be directly related to the plot or have an indirect relationship to it. The most striking examples of author's remarks can be found in dramatic works. These are, for example, phrases written at the beginning of each act about where the action takes place, what objects are present on the stage, which of the heroes is moving at the moment, etc. Sometimes an author's remark is just one word. For example, when it comes to a character, a remark might look like “fits,” “falls asleep,” “turns away,” and so on. There are also very long remarks that take up a page or more. Such a remark will confuse part of the plot. It can either emphasize the main line of the story, or contradict it, creating a subplot.
Forms of remarks
The author's remark, standing at the beginning of the narration or its fragment, can clarify the circumstances of the place or time, supplement the data on the events occurring simultaneously with the main narration. Such remarks are most often (but not necessarily) found in dramatic works. An author's note can also refer the author to the final. In fictional prose, another kind of remarks is quite often encountered. The writer may, for example, include in the narrative his personal memories associated with his autobiography or with events not related to the main plot, which he witnessed.
Technical copyright remarks
A separate type of author's remarks includes explanations, which are quite often drawn up as footnotes or notes. These notes can clarify a variety of things - dates, information about historical figures and events, about where the author took certain facts for his work, and much more.
Irony and morality
The author's remarks also include all kinds of appeals from the author to the readers. A striking example of such a remark is morality in a fable, which is not related to what was said earlier, but at the same time clarifies what was said. The premise in the French ballad belongs to the same form. The author can address the reader with moralizing or ironically. Sometimes the author's remark provokes the reader to a particular attitude towards events.
Lyrical digressions, flash forwards and flashbacks
These cryptic names also denote types of remarks. Lyrical digression is used to show the emotional attitude of the author to the events described. Flash forward refers the reader to subsequent events. This kind of remark is often used in historical prose. Flashback - a reference to previous events in the story. This kind of remark is also called an allusion. Sometimes the author in the epilogue briefly tells what happened to the characters next. This is also the author's remark.
