Question

story theory terms fabula, a narrative’s content, and syuzhet, a narrative’s arrangement and presentation of events. in the film the godfather part ii, the fabula is the story of the crime family, and the syuzhet is the presentation of the story as a narrative between two timelines in 1901 and 1958. but literary theorist mikhail bakhtin maintained that fabula and syuzhet are insufficient to completely describe a narrative—he said that systematic interpretations of artistic phenomena discuss the middle way in which meaning is created by interactions between the author, the work, and the audience.
which choice best states the main idea of the text?
a literary theorist mikhail bakhtin argued that there are important characteristics of narration that are not fully encompassed by two concepts that other theorists have used to analyze narratives.
b literary theorist mikhail bakhtin claimed that meaning is not inherent in a narrative but is created when an audience encounters a narrative; so that narratives are interpreted differently by different people.
c the storytelling methods used in the godfather part ii may seem unusually complicated, but they can be easily understood when key concepts from story theory are utilized.
d narratives that are told out of chronological order are more difficult for audiences to understand than are narratives presented chronologically

Explanation:

To determine the main idea, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The left text mentions Michael Bérubé stating that "story and spiellet" (two concepts) are insufficient and that narrative has systematic comprehensions from interactions between author, work, and audience. This aligns with A's claim that Bérubé argued for important narrative characteristics beyond two concepts other theorists used.
• Option B: The text does not discuss meaning being created by the audience's encounter or different interpretations, so B is incorrect.
• Option C: The text is about Bérubé's argument on narrative concepts, not about understanding The Godfather Part II using literary theory concepts, so C is incorrect.
• Option D: The text does not compare non - chronological and chronological narratives' understandability, so D is incorrect.

Answer:

A. Literary theorist Michael Bérubé argued that there are important characteristics of narrative that are not fully encompassed by two concepts that other theorists have used to analyze narratives