Only with the growing popularity of the novel throughout the 18th and 19th centuries did prose gain prominent position as a suitable language for literature.

Narratives have two levels; WHAT and HOW.
WHAT: What is told. STORY.
HOW: How is it told. DISCOURSE.

DISCOURSE: comprises various elements of transmission.
-it is discourse that is accessible to us, we learn about the story via discourse.
-elements of discourse determine our perception of the story.
-the analysis of elements of discourse reveals how the reader is ‘manipulated’ into forming certain views about the story.