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Narratology - Exam
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  • 1. Narratology is a critical theory that examines the principles behind storytelling and narrative construction. It delves into the structure, functions, and forms of narrative, seeking to understand how stories are created and conveyed across various media. Narratology explores the relationships between the narrator, characters, plot, and audience, analyzing the techniques and devices used to shape a compelling narrative. By studying narrative patterns and elements such as point of view, time, space, and perspective, narratology offers insights into the art and power of storytelling in literature, film, theater, and other forms of artistic expression.

    What is story time in narratology?
A) The time it takes to read a story out loud
B) The time a reader spends on a story
C) The duration of events in a narrative
D) The time period during which a story was written
  • 2. What is a 'homodiegetic' narrator?
A) A third-person narrator
B) An all-knowing narrator
C) A narrator who is a character in the story
D) A non-participating narrator
  • 3. What is 'fabula' in narratology?
A) The chronological order of events in a story
B) The setting of a story
C) The characters in a story
D) The moral of a story
  • 4. What is 'narrative speed' in narratology?
A) The time it takes to read a story out loud
B) The climax of a story
C) The pace at which events in a story unfold
D) The setting of a story
  • 5. Who coined the term 'narratology'?
A) Roland Barthes
B) Gérard Genette
C) Tzvetan Todorov
D) Mikhail Bakhtin
  • 6. In narratology, what is the purpose of 'plot'?
A) To describe the setting of a story
B) To introduce the characters in a story
C) To convey the moral lesson of a story
D) To provide the sequence of events in a story
  • 7. What is 'heterodiegetic' narration?
A) A narrator who is not a character in the story
B) An unreliable narrator
C) A first-person narrator
D) A reflective narrator
  • 8. What is 'focalization' in narratology?
A) The perspective through which a narrative is presented
B) The setting of a story
C) The climax of a story
D) The moral of a story
  • 9. Which concept is associated with Mikhail Bakhtin's theories?
A) Fabula
B) Narrativity
C) Syuzhet
D) Heteroglossia
  • 10. What is an example of a six-word story often used in cognitive narratology?
A) "For sale: baby shoes, never worn"
B) "Call me Ishmael."
C) "It was the best of times..."
D) "Once upon a time..."
  • 11. Who distinguishes between 'a narrative' and narrativity?
A) Marie-Laure Ryan
B) Astrid Ensslin
C) Jonathan Culler
D) Roland Barthes
  • 12. Which journal issue in 1966 was influential for narratology?
A) Poetics
B) The Craft of Fiction
C) The Dialogic Imagination
D) Communications
  • 13. Who first proposed the distinction between fabula and syuzhet?
A) Jonathan Culler
B) Roland Barthes
C) Tzvetan Todorov
D) The Russian Formalists
  • 14. Which of the following is an atypical application of narratological methodologies?
A) Literary criticism
B) Conversation analysis dealing with spontaneous verbal interaction
C) Film theory
D) Study of graphic novels
  • 15. What type of narratives were commonly taken up in classic narratological studies according to Propp?
A) Videogame narratives
B) Film narratives
C) Literary narratives
D) Non-literary narratives
  • 16. Which academic discipline might include constituent analysis where narremes are basic units?
A) Biology
B) Linguistics
C) Physics
D) Chemistry
  • 17. Which work by Stuart Moulthrop is a studied example of hypertext fiction?
A) Victory Garden
B) Pale Fire
C) Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature
D) Hamlet on the Holodeck
  • 18. Who conducted sociolinguistic studies of oral storytelling as an application of narratological methodologies?
A) William Labov
B) Gérard Genette
C) Roland Barthes
D) Vladimir Propp
  • 19. In which field is the study of the 'infinite canvas' an application of narratology?
A) Graphic novels
B) Sociolinguistics
C) Film criticism
D) Literary theory
  • 20. Which video game is mentioned by Janet Murray as an example of a life-simulator containing narrative structures?
A) Final Fantasy
B) Minecraft
C) The Sims
D) World of Warcraft
  • 21. What are the two traditions born from the Structuralist assumption about fabula and syuzhet?
A) Thematic and modal narratology
B) Fabula and syuzhet analysis
C) Story and discourse examination
D) Cognitive and structural narratology
  • 22. Who theorized a shift in storytelling due to scientific advancement in her book 'Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace'?
A) Arthur Danto
B) Janet Murray
C) Espen Aarseth
D) Stuart Moulthrop
  • 23. Who argues that all narratives have similar structures and multiple meanings in every sentence?
A) Arthur Danto
B) Roland Barthes
C) Robert Sternberg
D) Peter Brooks
  • 24. Which authors have insisted on the integration of thematic and modal narratology?
A) Propp, Bremond, Greimas
B) Sternberg, Ricoeur, Baroni
C) Ryan, Ensslin, Culler
D) Barthes, Genette, Todorov
  • 25. Which theorist established that narratology can describe phenomena beyond written words?
A) Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan
B) A.J. Greimas
C) Arthur Danto
D) Robert Sternberg
  • 26. What term does Janet Murray use to describe interactive stories that invite reader participation?
A) Cyberdramas
B) Life-simulators
C) Ergodic literature
D) Hypertext fiction
  • 27. According to Janet Murray, which narrative structures more accurately reflect 'post-Einstein physics'?
A) Multi-narrative structures
B) Unicursal labyrinths
C) Nonergodic literature
D) Traditional linear narratives
  • 28. Who sees narrative as having intent that shapes its structure?
A) Arthur Danto
B) Robert Sternberg
C) Roland Barthes
D) Peter Brooks
  • 29. Which field is least associated with the application of narratology?
A) Semiotics
B) Literary theory
C) Graph theory
D) Film theory
  • 30. Narratology can be applied to which of these forms?
A) Mathematics
B) Chemistry
C) Videogames
D) Physics
  • 31. Which type of labyrinth is synonymous with a maze according to Espen Aarseth?
A) Multicursal labyrinth
B) Nonergodic literature
C) Unicursal labyrinth
D) Ergodic literature
  • 32. Who conceived the concept of cybertext as a subcategory of ergodic literature?
A) Arthur Danto
B) Janet Murray
C) Espen Aarseth
D) Stuart Moulthrop
  • 33. What does Roland Barthes refer to as 'writerly text'?
A) Traditional novels
B) Ergodic literature
C) Texts without a typical plot structure
D) Linear narratives
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