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Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative, or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique where events are portrayed, for example, out of chronological order or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or narrating another story inside the main plot-line.
This category contains articles about novels which use a nonlinear narrative structure; a storytelling technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order.
Nonlinear narrative – a story whose plot does not conform to conventional chronology, causality, and/or perspective. Novel – a long, written narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story.
Hypertext fiction is a genre of electronic literature characterized by the use of hypertext links that provide a new context for non-linearity in literature and reader interaction. The reader typically chooses links to move from one node of text to the next, and in this fashion arranges a story from a deeper pool of potential stories.
This category contains articles about literature which uses a nonlinear narrative structure; a storytelling technique wherein events are portrayed out of chronological order. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Plot twist: Unexpected change ("twist") in the direction or expected outcome of the plot. See also twist ending. An early example is the Arabian Nights tale "The Three Apples". A locked chest found by a fisherman contains a dead body, and two different men claim to be the murderer, which turns out to be the investigator's own slave. Poetic justice
Nonlinear narrative; Organizational storytelling; Story arc; Storytelling; Plot (narrative) Narratology; Seed theory; Chronotope, Bakhtin's concept of how configurations of time and space are represented in language and discourse; Memento, a film representing an example of a story told in nonlinear fashion
The main plot, involving Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment, moves forward in time; while in the subplot, investigative journalist Chandler tracks the altruism movement backward in time. Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors: Hong Sang-soo [93] [94] Amores perros: Alejandro González Iñárritu: hyperlink cinema [61] [77] [78] Urbania