fabula
- noun
- /ˈfæbjʊlə/
- Jargon
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fabula
- In her analysis of the novel, she carefully outlined the fabula to show how events were arranged chronologically.
- fabula/sujet
- concept of fabula
- fabula, historical narrative
Examples
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But since a narrative may just as well be told in straightforwardly chronological fashion, such a sense of fabula runs an immediate risk of losing its analytical force.
Academic text (2001) -
But there is a narrative, too, and hence a fabula and a plot.
Academic text (2017) -
A world of beliefs does not only reflect the physical states of the fabula, but also the beliefs of other characters.
Academic text (1992) -
His voice and presence are felt in the syuzhet, but not in the fabula.
Academic text (1992) -
Fabula is always relative to and contingent upon both a given sujet and a specific act of interpretation.
Academic text (2001) -
Mass cinema and accessibility dictated a preference for conventional storytelling, and a focus on fabula-based forms returned.
Academic text (2017) -
To a great extent, naturalism took the fabula over in the late nineteenth century, and its formulations linger.
Academic text (1992) -
In general, a fundamental slippage between incompatible models of fabula occurs whenever accounts of their relation to the creative and interpretative processes are juxtaposed.
Academic text (2001) -
The director focused on the film's fabula to highlight the underlying themes of the story.
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To better understand the plot, the students created a timeline representing the fabula of the narrative.
Synonyms
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2.5
The sequence of events that make up the main story
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3.7
A line showing events in the order they happened
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2.8
A series of events in a book, film, or play that form the main plot
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5.3
The order of events as they happened or a record showing that order
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3.5
A series of events in a story, like in a book or film
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5.0
A list that shows events in the order they happened, often with dates
How Chronological
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fabula comes from Latin for 'story' and in the study of stories it means the real order or timeline of events in a tale. Think of fabula as the 'what really happened' behind the way a story is told.