Understanding Fable and Plot in Narratives
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ScribdTranslationsFable
The fable is a term used primarily inliteraturee manzifantasy, di science fictionnomystery novelse
cinemawhich designates the chronological order of history that nohistorical novels;
is narrated.
•reflective: these are the parts of the story where they are placed
the thoughts, the reasoning, the considerations of
1 Fable and plot narrator or characters of the story; they are pauses
narrative, 'static' sequences, that are very common
often in historical, mystery, and psychological novels;
The fable is the set of elements of a story consi-
arranged in their orderlogicalechronological. He is the author of-
•expressive: these are parts of the text where it is reported
the fable that decides how to place the various scenes in the
the states of mind, the emotions, the feelings of
narrationThe author can indeed tell a story both
characters; they are 'static' sequences, narrative pauses
respecting the fable, that is, maintaining the natural order
of events, either by assembling them in a personal way, according to important in psychological novels;
an artificial order, to achieve particular narrative effects
like thesuspense. Usually this does not happen in •dialogues, dialogic: they are the parts of the story in
to whom the narrator gives the word to the characters attra-
fablesand in thefairy talefor children, for the purpose of simplifying
Meat the reading by such a young audience. The towards the dialogue, reported with direct speech; I know-
The fable is therefore distinguished from the plot, which is the set. no 'dynamic' sequences, because they make the
of historical events in the sequence in which theauthorli events, frequent in all genres of narrative text.
he wanted to arrange. So the plot does not recount the facts
exclusively in chronological order like the fable but There are also 'mixed sequences': these are those in which there are
in the order in which the author arranged them (such as for example unite insieme due o più delle differenti tipologie.
in yellow
When fable and plot do not coincide, del-
3 Logical schema of the fable
theanachrony, theanalysesand theprolessiThe analepses (or 're-
"regressions", which in cinema are referred toflashback),
I amstoriesevents that occurred earlier (memories, Thenarratology, referring to studies onfairy taleRussian
past experiences, memories, etc.) regarding the event elaborated byVladimir Propp, proposes as a tool for
from the narrative. Theprolessi(which in cinema is called- analysis of the structure of the narrative text a logical scheme
youflashforwardthey are instead the 'advances' of events (type structure) that develops five phases.
subsequent.
Initial situation
2 Sequences It is the descriptive part of the presentation of the characters, of the
places, etc.; in it there is often a situation of
balance; the story has not yet begun. In the...
The fable, or more generally, a narrative text, can be be starts with "Once upon a time...If it is not present, it is
suddiviso in sequenze, ovvero in unità di testo dotate di initial situation and the text immediately introduces the characters in
syntactic and content autonomy. The sequences are action is said to begin in medias res, that is, "in the middle of"
of various types:
facts.
•narrative: they are the 'dynamic' parts of the story thatBreak of the equilibrium (or 'beginning', in the fairy tale)
they determine the course of the action, therefore rac- complication
they recount facts and actions; they are more accentuated sequences
in action and adventure stories; Narrative sequence that tells the event that changes the
initial equilibrium situation and sets the story in motion.
•descriptive: they are narrative pauses, parts of the story
'statics', which are used to describe people, landscapes- Evolution of the story (in the fairy tale 'adventures
gi, animals and objects; they are widely found in the ro- of the hero
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One or more sequences of different types tell facts that ways-
occasionally define the situation of the main characters
such facts can translate into an improvement or into a
worsening of the protagonist's situation. At its peak
the evolution of the story leads to thetension, which
in German it means 'moment of maximum tension'. The
The term is used in narratology to indicate a fa-
it is about the event in which the protagonist experiences a moment
dramatic, which can lead him to victory or to defeat
often the action culminates or precipitates - but not necessary
sarily - in a decisive plot twist. As a rule the
tension concludes the evolution of the story and is followed
from the melting.
Dissolution (or 'restoration of balance')
It is the end of the story. It is a narrative sequence in
to whom everything resolves well or badly and is restored
a balance, equal to or different from the initial one.
If there is no resolution, the narrative text has an ending.
open.
Final situation (or tail)
It is the 'lived happily ever after' of fairy tales: destri-
and/tell the future of the characters in relation to the sto-
narrated river in the story. However, it is not uncommon in the
horror literaturebut also in other types of novels, not
there is no happy ending, but rather a "neutral" ending or even
where evil prevails over good.
4 Related Voices
• Narratology
• Synopsis
• Plot (narrative)
• Vladimir Propp
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