THL1502 Assignment 3 2025 – Due April 2025

THL1502 Assignment 3 2025 – Due April 2025

QUESTION 1:

Name three implied key terms constituting “Narrative text” and discuss their interdepended levels.

According to Gerard Genette (1980), a narrative text consists of three interdependent levels: story (histoire), narrative text (récit), and narration (narration).

The story (histoire) refers to the fundamental sequence of events that make up the narrative. It represents the raw, chronological order of happenings, similar to the fabula as defined by the Russian Formalists. This level contains the basic subject matter of ………….