- Parachrony
Parachrony is a figurative or
metaphor ical singularity or inaccuracy ofchronology , that consists of presuming that an event happens later than it occurred on the basis ofnarrator ’s faculty to alter reality with fictional or allegorical purpose. Parachrony differs fromlinear time perspective for its rigid mechanical perception of certainty, which disregards the different dimensions ofmateriality .Parachrony is considered a type of
anachronism (from the Greek ανά, "against," and χρόνος, "time"), which refers to something out of its equitable time. For example,Sergio Badilla Castillo depicts a divine figure fromKalevala (Tapio ) using a cell phone, in his book "Kalahuala"; this is an anachronism.
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