MY NARRATIVE

THEMES – IMAGINATION, HAPPINESS, ESCAPISM

PLACES – DIGITAL DYSTOPIA, BEDROOM

PEOPLE – MY VIDEO WILL BE PROMOTING A FEMALE DJ’S NEW SONG

DEFINITIONS

TIME – The progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

SPACE – An area or expanse which is available and unoccupied.

THEME – The subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition

SEQUENTIAL – Forming or following in a logical order or sequence.

LINEAR – Progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps

NARRATIVE – A spoken or written account of connected events (overall, story = specific, plot = detailed)

SOURCES: GOOGLE

THEORIES

TODOROV’S TRIPARTITE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE (BEGINNING-MIDDLE-END)

The theory that narratives moved forward in a chronological order with one action following after another. In other words, they have a clear beginning, middle and end. Todorov also suggested that the characters in the narrative would be changed in some way through the course of the story and that this would be evident by the resolution.

SOURCE: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqdhrdm/revision/3

FREYTAG’S PYRAMID

A paradigm (pattern) of dramatic structure outlining the seven key steps in successful storytelling: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and denouement.

SOURCE: https://www.clearvoice.com/blog/what-is-freytags-pyramid-dramatic-structure

PROPP’S STOCK CHARACTERS

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The theory that stories are character driven and that plots develop from the decisions and actions of characters and how they function in a story.

SOURCE: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgydhv4/revision/1

CLAUDE LEVI STRAUSS’ BINARY OPPOSITIONS

The theory that the majority of narratives in media forms such as books and film contain opposing main characters.

SOURCE: GOOGLE

SEYMOUR CHATMAN’S SATELLITES AND KERNELS

Kernels are the essential parts of a story, which cannot be changed without the identity of story being changed as well.

Satellites are part of story that can be changed while the story remains identifiable.

SOURCE: https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/kernels-and-satellites/50945