In media res openings naturally make the reader wonder what happened earlier.
in the middle of the story
means in the middle of things Its techinique is ude in the Odyssey and the IliadTo begin a story or narrative in medias res means to start in the middle.
Odysseus tells the story of his travels to various characters.
Medias res means the middle things. So if an epic is said to begin in the middle of things, the epic would be starting from the middle of the story. It is a narrative technique in which setting, characters, etc. would be revealed by the telling of the past within the story. The epic would most likely start with a dramatic scene or with the conclusion. So the epic could start at the end or at the climax of the story and then the characters could relate what happened. Examples would be The tale of the ancient mariner, the Illiad, and the Odyssey.
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(En medias res) One example that I know of is the fictional story of Megamind.
The literary term for beginning a story in the middle is "in medias res."
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the poem begins in the middle of the story.