ORDER

When?

First, Second, Last, Before , After, etc.

Relation between succession of events in the story and their linear disposition in the text

Story Order Discrepancies

Text Order
Analepsis: retrospection
Past information

Prolepsis: Anticipation
Telling the future before its time

TYPES OF ANALEPSIS
Homodiegetic: information about the character, event, or story-line mentioned at that point in the text

Heterodiegetic: information about another character, event, or story line

Starting Reading Point

First Narrative

Point

External: Evokes a past which precedes the

starting point of the first narrative

Internal: Evokes a past which ocurred after

the starting point of the first narrative

Mixed: Begins before the starting point of the

first narrative and goes beyond it

TYPES OF PROLEPSES
Homodiegetic: Future information about the character, event, or story-line mentioned at that point in the text

Heterodiegetic: Future information about another character, event, or story line

Starting Point

Reading

First Narrative

Point

External: Covers a period beyond the end of the

first narrative

Internal: Covers a period anterior to the first

narrative but posterior to the point at which it is narrated

Mixed: Combines the two