This presentation was given as Semester end Presentation of MA English Semester 4 at the Department of English, MKBU

1. Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
Department of English
Date: 4st April 2023
Sem 4। Batch 2022-24
Presentation on
“Navigating Narratives:
A Narratological Exploration of Nonlinear
Storytelling in Film”
Dissertation
Presented by
Ghanshyam Katariya

2. Navigating
Narratives:
A Narratological
Exploration of
Nonlinear Storytelling
in Film

3. Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literary Review
Chapter 3: Core Analysis of Films - Exploring
Memory, Identity, and Nonlinear Narratives
Chapter List
Chapter 4: Core Analysis of Films - Multiple
Perspectives and Fragmented Narratives in films
Chapter 5: Conclusion

4. Chapter 1: Introduction
● What is Cinema
● Significance of cinematic
Narration
● Evolution of Storytelling in
Films
● What is Narratology
● Narratology and Non-Linear
Storytelling

5. Chapter 2: Literary Review
● Narration in film
● Nonlinear cinema
● Nonlinear storytelling techniques in
films
● Research gap on nonlinear
narratives in film
● Hypothesis

6. Chapter 3: Core Analysis of Films - Exploring Memory,
Identity, and Nonlinear Narratives in ‘Memento’(2000)
and ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ (2004)
● Background and context
● Narrative structure and nonlinearity
● Multiple perspectives and moral
ambiguity
● Truth, subjectivity, and unreliable
memory
● Challenging audience perceptions
and interpretations

7. Chapter 4: Core Analysis of Films - Multiple
Perspectives and Fragmented Narratives in films
‘Pulp Fiction’ (1994) and ‘Rashomon’ (1950)
● Background and context
● Narrative structure and nonlinearity
● Multiple perspectives and moral ambiguity
● Truth, subjectivity, and unreliable memory
● Challenging audience perceptions and
interpretations

8. Comparative Analysis
● Memento & Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
● Pulp Fiction & Rashomon

9. Chapter 5: Conclusion
● Summary of findings
● Significance of nonlinear
storytelling
● Future research directions

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