narrative timing based on Gerard Genette theory in " I might have been lost"

A great number of contemporary Iranian novelists, significantly the women, have written their stories under the influence of contemporary Western writers. The reflection of their moods, pains, and limitations can be clearly seen in their story and novel collections. In this paper, the authors dealing with narrative techniques of Grard Genette on the one hand, and Sara Salar’s Ehtemalan Gom Shodeham (I May Have Been Lost) on the other hand, examine some of the most important of these techniques. Particularly, the technique of time in the narrative will be discussed. Genette presents his theory of the narrative time on the basis of order, continuity and frequency. Since the concept of narrative time is one of the significant components in Salar’s story, this technique will be investigated and confirmed in its statements. In addition, it is shown that the anachrony factor, especially in the analepsis type, is the most frequent one that makes the narrative time be slow.