The literary theory of Russian Formalism in the early 20th century divided a narrative into two elements: the fabula (фа́була) and the syuzhet (сюже́т). A fabula is the chronology of the fictional world, whereas a syuzhet is a perspective or plot thread of those events. Formalist followers eventually translated the fabula/syuzhet to the concept of story/plot. This definition is usually used in narratology, in parallel with Forster's definition. The fabula (story) is what happened in chronological order. In contrast, the syuzhet (plot) means a unique sequence of discourse that was sorted out by the (implied) author. That is, the syuzhet can consist of picking up the fabula events in non-chronological order; for example, fabula is , syuzhet is .
The literary theory of Russian Formalism in the early 20th century divided a narrative into two elements the fabula (фа́була) and the syuzhet (сюже́т) A fabula is the chronology of the fictional world whereas a syuzhet is a perspective or plot thread of those events Formalist followers eventually translated the fabula/syuzhet to the concept of story/plot This definition is usually used in narratology in parallel with Forster's definition The fabula (story) is what happened in chronological order In contrast the syuzhet (plot) means a unique sequence of discourse that was sorted out by the (implied) author That is the syuzhet can consist of picking up the fabula events in non-chronological order; for example fabula is  syuzhet is 