Which literary technique is described as the movement back in time in order to recount events that happened before?

Which quotation best supports the authors’ claim and purpose?

How does visiting the place of the gods affect the narrator? a. he discovers that it is unwise to have an inquiring mind b. he learns that there is nothing supernatural to fear in the destroyed city c. he renounces everything he learned from the priests and his father d. he understands that the past has nothing of interest for people of the present

Am nevoie de rezumatul cartii auslander de paul dowswell ! va rog . cel mai scurt rezumat posibil! dau coronita!