The document is a submission by Jeel J. Vyas exploring Gerard Genette’s narratology through the lens of the movie 'Badla'. It discusses key concepts such as order, frequency, duration, voice, and mood in narrative discourse. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of Genette's theories in understanding narrative structure.

1.  Name : Jeel J. Vyas
 Class : M.A. Sem 2
 Bach : 2018 – 2020
 Roll No : 15
 Paper No : 7. Literary Theory and Criticism 2 (
20th century western and Indian poetics)
 Topic : Gerard Genette’s narratology with the
help of Movie Badla
 Enrolment No : 2069108420190045
 Submitted: Smt. S.B.Gardi Department of
English.

2. Gerard Genette
 French literary
theorist.
 Associated with
Structuralist
movement.
 Structuralism and
Literary criticism.
 Intellectul bricolage.
 Narrative discourse.
 Narratology.

3. BADLA
 Mystery thriller
 Directed by Sujoy
Gosh.
 Adaptation of
Spanish Film The
Invisible Guest.

4. 1. Order:
 Story’s flow
 a Murder occurs ( event A)
 Circumstances of the Murder are
revealed to detective ( event B )
 Finally the murderer is caught. ( event
C)
 This order is change according to
narrater.

5. 2. Frequency :
 The separation between an event and
its narration.
 Occur once and be narrated once.
 Occur once and narrated in times.
 Occur in times and narrated once.
 Occur in times and narrated in times.

6. 3. Duration :
 The separation between an event and
its narration.
 Narration time : story narrated to
audience.
 Discourse time : time pass in story.

7. 4. Voice :
voice is concerned with who narrate and from
where.
 Intra diegetic :
narration is from
inside the text.
 Extra diegetic :
narration is from out
side the text.
 Hetero diegetic:
narrator is not charater
of story.
 Homo diegetic:
narrator is charater of
story.

8. 5. Mood :
 Mood is dependent on the distance and
perspective of the narrator.
 Mood is connected with the voice.
 If the narrter is part of the story then we
found that distance and perspative are
limited.

9. Conclusion :
 So, to conclude we can say that Gerard
Genette’s narratology is plays important
role to understand perticulaer story’s
narration.