Compare and contrast the fundamental nature of classical narratives with formalistic narratives

What will be an ideal response?


In classical narrative structures, we are generally aware of a shaping hand in the
storyline. Boring gaps in the narrative are edited out by a discreet storyteller, who keeps a
low profile yet still keeps the action on track, moving toward a specific destination—the
resolution of the story's central conflict. In formalistic narratives, the author is overtly
manipulative, sometimes scrambling the chronology of the story or heightening or
restructuring events to maximize a thematic idea. The story is told from a subjective
perspective.

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