Defining Narrative Flashcards
Story (Fabula)
An event or sequences of events (the action).
Narrative (Sjuzet)
A representation of an event or a sequences of events, consisting of story and narrative discourse.
Two major uses of term Narrative
- Compact and Definable
- Loose and generally recognizable
Difference between events and their representations
It’s the difference between story and narrative
Narrative Discourse
How the story is convey. Events as represented.
Representations
For stories that are told or written
Presentations
For stories that are acted
Difference between story and narrative discourse
The chrono-logic of narrative.
A difference between two kinds of time and two kinds of order
Two kinds of time
- Externally: the duration of the presentation of the novel, film, play. (Discourse)
- Internally: the duration of the sequence of events that constitute the plot. (Story)
Subdivision of narrative discourse
- The order in which events are recounted (Plot or Sjuzet).
- Style or discourse.
Two components to every Story
The Events and the Entities ( “existents”) involved in the events.
Entities
The necessary element in all stories
Characters
Those entities with human qualities.
Setting
Other possible defining ingredient of story. It suggests a kind of container in which the entities are found and the events take place.
Mediation (construction) of story
Story is always mediated (constructed) by narrative discourse.
