“Unraveling the Mystery: How Understanding Story vs. Plot Can Transform Your Writing!”
Meanwhile, syuzhet was given a more nuanced meaning. The actual word roughly translates to the English word “subject,” as in the subject of an art piece or the subject of a sentence—the main focus. When thinking about syuzhet, think of that focus. You’ll begin to see why in a second.
‘Inception’ (2010)
So, What Is Fabula?
Other than simply saying the word “story” again, let’s define fabula in more concrete terms.
Scholars of Russian formalism saw it as the chronology of events as they occur—not the order in which they’re told. Greek tragedies acknowledged horrible battles before, after, and during the main scenes shown to the audience; but these were sometimes told out of order. Similarly, Inception (2010) acknowledges that there were events that led to the first heist we see at the beginning of the movie.
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