Narratives are about time and space and they are usually linear and sequential and they normally have a beginning, middle and end. Narratives are normally structured around a theme.
Narrative– It is the overall thing
Story– It is what is in your narrative
Plot– It is how it is structured
Tztevan Todorov
It is a tripartite narrative structure= It is a three part structure. Beginning, middle and end.
It presents the idea as;
- Equilibrium
- Disruption
- New equilibrium
Inciting incident– It is an episode, plot point or event that hooks the reader into the story. This particular moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story
Climax– Most dramatic and highest point of the music video
Resolution– What happens after the climax, the outcome
Claude Levi- Strauss
It is a Binary opposition structure– using opposites such as good and bad
Vladimir Propp
It is the theory of character types and functions. It is stock characters such as
- Hero
- Helper
- Princess
- Villain
- Victim
- Dispatcher
- Father
- False hero
Seymour Chatman
It is the theory of;
Satellites= embellishments, developments and aesthetics
Kernels= key moments in the plot/ narrative structure
This theory allows students to break down a narrative into 2 distinct elements. Those elements which are absolutely essential to the story / plot / narrative development, which are known as KERNELS and those moments that could be removed and the overall logic would not be disturbed, known as SATELLITES.
Roland Barthes: Proairetic and Hermenuetic Codes
- Proairetic code: action, movement, causation
- Hermenuetic code: reflection, dialogue, character or thematic development