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