Narritives

Narritive is how the story is told, ficton or non-fiction.

Simularities
All narritives share certian elements.
Audience's expectation will have an effect on the narritive


Theorists

Vladmir Propp  1875-1970

 

He looked at folktales. There are 8 characters (AKA spheres of action) in most stories.

They are:

Hero

Villian

Donor

Dispatcher

False

Helper/Sidekick

Princess

Princess's Father

 

31 function/story lines

 

Tzvetan Todorov  1939-

 

His theory was that at the start of a story it is in equilibrium then it goes to disequilibruim, and then by the end of the story it's back to equilibrium.

 

Rolands Barthes 1939

 

A single narritive has more than 1 storyline within it.

 

Some storylines within the narritive:

 

1. The enigma -sets up and solves the puzzle
2. The action -cutting unimportant stuff out
3. The semic -connections built around characters & actions
4. The symbolic - references we can pick up.
5. The cultral -Terminolgy

 

Claude Lévi-Strass 1908-2004

 

Narratives depend on binary opposition.

 

Rich/Poor

Weak/Strong

 

Stroylines reflect beliefs of the culture/society.