Narrative: the storyline of the media text and the techniques used to tell the story.
Open narrative: when the narrative allows for sequels.
Closed narrative: when the narrative doesn’t allow for sequels.
Flexi-narrative: when there is more than one story in the narrative (multiple stories).
Tzvetan Todorov: Todorovian narrative structure:
1. Equilibrium in the diegetic world (the world in which the story is set).
2. Disruption causes disequilibrium.
3. Attempt to repair disequilibrium.
4. Resolution / New equilibrium.
(In order to create drama, this equilibrium needs to be disrupted by an outside force, often creating an enigma. This disruption has to be fought against in order to return to a state of normality (equilibrium).)
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