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Narrative Theory - Lecture Notes - Writing Center Studies | ENG 597, Study notes of Media Writing

Texas A & M University - CommerceMedia Writing

Material Type: Notes; Class: Writing Center Studies; Subject: English - ENG; University: Texas A & M University-Commerce; Term: Unknown 1989;

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Prof. Derek P. Royal
ENG 597 – Narrative Theory
Getting Through Genette’s Narrative Discourse
Order
narrative anachronies – dissimilarities between story and discourse
analepsis (consider in terms of reach and extent) / flashback
reach – how far back in time a flashback goes
external – external to the time frame of the first narrative
internal – within the time frame of the first narrative
oheterodiegetic – not part of the first narrative
ohomodiegetic – part of the first narrative
completing analepsis / return – filling in the gaps/ellipses
repeating analepsis / recall – repeating event, with possible variation
mixed – both internal and external to time frame of first narrative
extent – how long the flashback lasts
partial analepsis – comes close, but not all the way up to, the beginning of first
narrative
complete analepsis – comes all the way up to the beginning of the first narrative
prolepsis (consider in terms of reach and extent) / flashforward
reach – how far ahead in time a flashforward goes
external – external to the time frame of the first narrative
internal – within the time frame of the first narrative
oheterodiegetic – not part of the first narrative
ohomodiegetic – part of the first narrative
completing prolepsis – fills in ahead of time a blank (or ellipsis) in first
narrative
repeating prolepsis / advance notice (to be distinguished from advance
mention) – comments ahead of time on an event that will appear later in first
narrative
extent – how long the flashforward lasts
partial prolepsis – flashforward is abruptly interrupted, usually to go back to earlier
moment of interruption
complete prolepsis (not really possible)
narrative achronies – narrative event not linked in terms of time
Duration
anisochronies (effects of rhythm)
narrative speed (where N is narrative, S is story, and T is time)
pause NT ∞ > ST (where NT = n and ST = 0)
stretch NT > ST
scene NT = ST
summary NT < ST
ellipsis NT < ∞ ST (where NT = 0 and ST = n)
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Prof. Derek P. Royal ENG 597 – Narrative Theory

Getting Through Genette’s Narrative Discourse

Ordernarrative anachronies – dissimilarities between story and discourse  analepsis (consider in terms of reach and extent ) / flashback  reach – how far back in time a flashback goes  external – external to the time frame of the first narrative  internal – within the time frame of the first narrative o heterodiegetic – not part of the first narrative o homodiegetic – part of the first narrative  completing analepsis / return – filling in the gaps/ellipses  repeating analepsis / recall – repeating event, with possible variation  mixed – both internal and external to time frame of first narrative  extent – how long the flashback lasts  partial analepsis – comes close, but not all the way up to, the beginning of first narrative  complete analepsis – comes all the way up to the beginning of the first narrative  prolepsis (consider in terms of reach and extent ) / flashforward  reach – how far ahead in time a flashforward goes  external – external to the time frame of the first narrative  internal – within the time frame of the first narrative o heterodiegetic – not part of the first narrative o homodiegetic – part of the first narrative  completing prolepsis – fills in ahead of time a blank (or ellipsis) in first narrative  repeating prolepsis / advance notice (to be distinguished from advance mention ) – comments ahead of time on an event that will appear later in first narrative  extent – how long the flashforward lasts  partial prolepsis – flashforward is abruptly interrupted, usually to go back to earlier moment of interruption  complete prolepsis (not really possible)  narrative achronies – narrative event not linked in terms of time Durationanisochronies (effects of rhythm )  narrative speed (where N is narrative, S is story, and T is time)  pause NT ∞ > ST (where NT = n and ST = 0)  stretch NT > ST  scene NT = ST  summary NT < ST  ellipsis NT < ∞ ST (where NT = 0 and ST = n )

definite ellipsis — indefinite ellipsisexplicit ellipsis — implicit ellipsis — hypothetical ellipsis Frequencyfrequency of narration (where N is narrative and S is story)  singulative narrative  narrating once what happened once – 1N / 1S  narrating n times what happened n times – n N / n S  repeating narrative  narrating n times what happened once – n N / 1S  iterative narrative  narrating once what happened n times – 1N / n S  generalizing / external iterations – temporal field of iteration extends beyond temporal field of scene (suggesting an “external” period)  synthesizing / internal iterations – temporal field of iteration within boundaries of scene itself  iterative narratives can be measured by: o determination – span of time in which event occurs o specification – rhythm of recurrence of event o extension – span of time covered by event  pseudo-iterative narrative  narrating once what seems to happen n times (but the specificity of the narration suggests otherwise) MoodDistance (in terms of that between events and the narrating of them)  showing / mimesis – detailed rendering of scenes and events with minimal narratorial mediation (less distance)  telling / diagesis – more narratorial mediation and less detailed rendering of scenes and events (more distance)  narrative of events - theoretically, always an imitation of mimesis  narrative of words – types of discourse (involving greater and lesser degrees of distance )  narratized speech – character’s utterances are encapsulated or summarized by narrator (greatest distance)  transposed speech – narrator still present, but more of a sense of actual words uttered  reported speech – character’s utterances are represented directly (least distance) OR... narrative of words , types of discourse, can be organized this way (distinguished on scale of decreasing distance):  narratized discourse o EXAMPLE: She assumed that a man his age already knew the material.  tagged indirect discourse (one type of transposed discourse) o EXAMPLE: She handed him the book while telling him that a guy his age should already know the material.  free indirect discourse (another type of transposed discourse)