russian formalists first proposed distinction employing couplet fabula syuzhet subsequent succession alternate pairings preserved essential binomial impulse eg ''histoire'' ' 'discours'' ''histoire'' ''r cit'' ' 'story'' ''plot'' structuralist assumption one investigate fabula syuzhet separately gave birth two quite different traditions thematic propp bremond greimas dundes et al modal genette prince et al narratology former mainly limited semiotic formalization sequences actions told latter examines manner telling stressing voice point view transformation chronological order rhythm
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