re: jumping in time/slippages of time
slippages in time are a common part of the way in which we construct
narratives, and occur so frequently in literary narrative that we barely
notice them and seem so 'normal' in film narrative that we only notice
overtly self-conscious play on narrative time (Pulp Fiction, Memento). As
Mike noted, it becomes difficult to name films/texts in which there are no
slippages of time. With regard to written text (I know it's supposed to be
about film), Kafka's The Trial is a linear narrative, spanning the period
between two specific days - truly linear narratives appear to be so uncommon
that when we do come across them, we find them disconcerting and may even
fail to recognise that it is the very linearity of the text that confuses
us.
Lucy
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