fabular
9.9
About the order of events in a story
- adjective
- /ˈfæbjələr/
- Jargon
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fabular
- In her analysis, she discussed the fabular structure of the novel, emphasizing the importance of narrative chronology.
Examples
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Critics noted that the fabular approach in the playwright's work allowed for deeper exploration of the plot's timeline.
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The film's fabular elements contributed to its engaging storytelling, weaving together various time periods seamlessly.
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All these fabular or parabolic tales lean more toward realism than toward moral teaching.
Academic text (2016)
How Chronological
Surface Forms
fabular positive
Morphology
Etymology
Fabular comes from the Latin fabula 'story', and in literature it often means the simple order or timeline of events in a tale. So when critics speak of the fabular structure, they mean the story's basic sequence of things that happened.