• Usually linear and sequential
• Time and space
• Beginning, middle and end
• Often chronological
• Distinction between Narrative, Story and Plot

Todorov

• Tripartite narrative structure
• Equilibrium
• Distribution
• New equilibrium
• Exposition – Climax – denouement (does not have to be in that order)
• Inciting incident

Levi – Strauss

• Binary oppositions – Good v Evil, Old v Young, Urban v Country.

Propp

• character types (Stock Characters)
• Stock functions
• Hero – Helper – Princess – Villain – Victim – Dispatcher – Farther – False hero

Chatman

• Satellites: Embellishments , developments , aesthetics
• Kernels: Key moments in the plot / narrative structure