Narrative Theory
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- Created on: 24-04-22 22:22
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- Narrative Theory
- Propp's Character Theory
- The Hero
- The Princess
- The Dispatcher
- The Villain
- The False Hero
- The Donor
- The Dispatcher
- Levi Strauss - Binary Opposition
- Propp's Narrative Theory
- 1. Preparation
- 2. Complication
- 3. Transference
- 4. Struggle
- 6. Recognition
- 5. Return
- Todorov's Equilibrium Theory
- 1. Equilibrium
- Balance / Routine
- Disruption
- Balance / Routine
- 2. Disequilibrium
- Recognition of the disruption
- Repair
- Recognition of the disruption
- 3. New equilibrium
- A new order is established
- 1. Equilibrium
- Barthes Codes
- Narrative
- Narrative texts are like tangled balls of threads which need unravelling so we can separate
out the colours. Once we start to unravel a text, we encounter an absolute plurality of potential meanings
- Codes
- The end result of these ideas was five
major codes for determining various aspects of narrative
- The Hermeneutic Code
- A story element that is not explained and, therefore, exists as an enigma for the spectator, raising questions that demand explication
- The Proairetic Code
- This refers to any action that implies a further narrative action
- The Semantic Code
- An element in a text that suggests additional meaning
- The Symbolic Code
- A "deeper" structural principle that organizes meanings
- The Cultural Code
- An element that presents our shared knowledge about the way the world works
- The Hermeneutic Code
- The end result of these ideas was five
major codes for determining various aspects of narrative
- Codes
- Narrative texts are like tangled balls of threads which need unravelling so we can separate
out the colours. Once we start to unravel a text, we encounter an absolute plurality of potential meanings
- Author
- The notion of the author of a narrative as
ultimately changing and the spectator has more control: ‘The poem belongs to
the public.' Narrative meaning is actively
created by the reader through a process of textual analysis.
- Codes
- The end result of these ideas was five
major codes for determining various aspects of narrative
- The Hermeneutic Code
- A story element that is not explained and, therefore, exists as an enigma for the spectator, raising questions that demand explication
- The Proairetic Code
- This refers to any action that implies a further narrative action
- The Semantic Code
- An element in a text that suggests additional meaning
- The Symbolic Code
- A "deeper" structural principle that organizes meanings
- The Cultural Code
- An element that presents our shared knowledge about the way the world works
- The Hermeneutic Code
- The end result of these ideas was five
major codes for determining various aspects of narrative
- Codes
- The notion of the author of a narrative as
ultimately changing and the spectator has more control: ‘The poem belongs to
the public.' Narrative meaning is actively
created by the reader through a process of textual analysis.
- Mythologies
- Barthes showed that it was possible to read the
narratives of everyday life as mythic narratives
- Barthes showed that it was possible to read the
narratives of everyday life as mythic narratives
- Narrative
- Vogler’s 12 Step
- 1. The ordinary world
- 2. Call to adventure
- 3. Refusal to call
- 4. Enter the mentor
- 5. Crossing the first threshold
- 6. Test, Allie and enemies
- 7. The approach to the inmost cave
- 8. The supreme ordeal
- 9. The reward
- 10. Then road back
- 11. Resurrection
- 12. The return with the Elixir
- Shlovsky: Syuzhet and Fabula
- Fabula
- The raw material of the story
- Syuzhet
- The way a story is organised
- Fabula
- Bordwell’s film poetics approach
- Thematics
- Considers motifs, inconography,representation, ideologies and themes S materials
- Stylistics
- Deals with the visual patterning of a film: staging, shot scale, composition, editing, camera movement and sound
- Large-scale form
- Considers principles that govern the shape and dynamics of a film
- Thematics
- Propp's Character Theory
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