1. Topic: Narratology in Middlemarch
Paper: Victorian Literature
Unit: 2
Prepared By: Lajja Bhatt
Roll no:18
Semester:2
Guided by: Dr. Dilip Barad
Maharaja Krishnakumarsihji Bhavnagar University

2. Narratology
• Aristotle has used three Stages in narration:t he hamartia, the
anagnorisis & the peripeteia.
• Gérard Genette is a French literary theorist gave the theory of
narratology in the chapter ‘Narrative Discourse: An Essay in
Method’ in his major work ‘Figure’ series.
• Narratology is the term related to Structuralism.
• According to Gérard Genette there are four main concept for
narratology: A) Order
B) Frequency
C) Duration
D) Voice.

3. Narratology
• Theorists have differentiate it and canonized the
term to explain the complicated nature of
narratology.
• There are certain terms which define the types of
narrative.
• Story and Discourse are the terms applied to every
kind of narrative.
• Story means the theme or the story line followed b
narrator.
• Discourse refers to the manipulation of that story in
the presentation of the narrative

4. Narratology
• Fabula : Chronological sequence of the narrative
• Seyuzhet: Re- presentation of those events.
• Focalize: To focus on the specific character.
• Meta-digetic: A person inside the story narrates
• Extra-digetic: A person outside the text narrates
the story
• First person narrative: The person within the story
tells his/her own story.
• Third Person narrative: the person outside the
text narrate the story.

5. Narratology in Middlemarch
• It is narrated in very intelligent way.
• It is the third person Omniscient way :temporal, spatial &
psychological.
• Although the author gives us birds view , she has paid
attention to every characters.
• There a maintenance of continuity of the flaw.
• This continuance make the novel more explicit and clear.
• She also uses the style of fictional rhytoric.
• The story is about the people lived in the town named ‘
Middlemarch’.
• Every character has his or her own dream to fulfill.

6. Narratology in Middlemarch
• The special and notable thing is that each chapter
is started with a beautiful quote.
• She has created romantic atmosphere balanced
with reality.
• Although Dorothea is focalized, other characters
are also portrayed well.
• It seems that she talked about how woman should
choose a man for her.
• But for her every event is important comparetively
to the Jane Asten.

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