Look for patterns, codes, conventions that share a common features. In other words, narrative theories look at recognisable and familiar structures, that help us to understand both how narratives are constructed and what they might mean.

Satellites and kernels –

Roland Barthes:

Proairetic code: action, movement, causation

Hermenuetic code: reflection, dialogue, character or thematic development

Enigma code: create puzzles – enigmatic means confusing, intriguing – asks a question

ellision and elipsis: cut and crop things out – only show a short scene of burning a book, doesnt have entire thing from start to finish

Flasback/Flashforwards – working with time, foreshadowing, chronological order

non-sequitars – elements that emerge and play out but actually have little value, meaning or consequence to the overall / main parts of the narrative