a way of describing the relation between two temporal sequences: the sequence of events that can be assumed to have unfolded in the storyworld, and the unfolding of the discourse used to recount that sequence. When these two sequences are aligned, the result is chronological narration. Anachrony results when the sequences are dis-aligned, yielding analepses (or flashbacks), prolepses (or flashforwards), and sometimes complex combinations and embeddings of the two. (Herman 2009, p.190)