POSTMODERNISM
There is no “whole” “real” “you”, just collections of fragments. “You” as a concept is unstable and “schizophrenic” (disrupted). This is a source of exhilaration as it allows you to be free to construct yourself, however it can be a source of anxiety as well as you do not know who you are on a fundamental level.
NARRATIVE THEORY
Peripeteia – an unexpected reversal of circumstances (the tables have turned)
Anagnorisis – a revelation of the protagonists identity or actions
Catharsis
- Linear – Happens in a set order
- Chronological – The story happens in the order that it occurs
- Sequential
- Circular structure – The story ends where it begins, a loop where the characters have transformed somehow.
- Time based
- Narrative arc
- Freytag’s Pyramid – The stages of a story, shaped like a pyramid (hence the name). Exposition -> inciting incident -> rising action -> climax – > falling action/denouement -> resolution
- exposition – telling the story
- inciting incident – The incident that begins the story
- rising action – The slow rise of action towards the climax
- climax – The emotional/action high point of the film
- falling action – The slow fall of action towards the resolution
- resolution – The problem is solved and the end of the story
- denouement – same as falling action & resolution
- Beginning / middle / end –
- Equilibrium – Everything is balanced
- Disruption – An event that disrupts the balance of the equilibrium
- Transgression – often disequilibrium is caused by societal / moral / ethical transgression (ie challenging Aristotelian virtues)
- New equilibrium – The return of the equilibrium after the resolution of the story
- The 3 Unities: Action, Time, Place
- flashback / flash forward – A time skip that shows the audience information
- Foreshadowing – Hinting at an event that is going to happen
- Ellipsis
- Pathos
- Empathy
- diegetic / non-diegetic
- slow motion
- In Media Res – starting in mid-action
- Metanarratives – drawing attention to the process of storytelling – A narrative that references it’s creator/that it is just a narrative.
- Quest narratives