Tracing the Discursivity of Narrative in Le Transperceneige and Snowpiercer

Abstract

A conventional perspective of narratology dissociates it from the idea of discursivity, associating it entirely with the structural elements of a story like plot, character, setting and more. However, the narrative mode and the elements employed in a work of fiction significantly alter the perception and add to its discursivity. Taking this as the hypothesis, this paper intends a comparative study between the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige and its 2013 movie iteration Snowpiercer, directed by Bong Joon-Ho, to delve into the narrative changes and the consequential discursive shifts. To this end, the paper will employ the narratological theories propounded by French literary critic Gérard Genette.