- examined the nature of myths and legends, suggested that myths were used to deal with the contradictions in experience, to explain the apparently inexplicable, and to justify the inevitable
- suggests that NARRATIVES are STRUCTURED around BINARY OPPOSITIONS eg good and evil
- encourages students to understand narrative as a structure of key (oppositional) themes
- creates a dominant message (ideology) of a film etc, audiences are encouraged to make a judgements about characters, groups, places, history, society etc
| CONCEPT | STRONGLY AGREE | AGREE | NEUTRAL | AGREE | STRONGLY AGREE | OPPOSITE CONCEPT |
| WHITE | X | BLACK | ||||
| POOR | x | WEALTHY | ||||
| ENEMPLOYED | X | EMPLOYED | ||||
| PROTEST | X | ACCEPT | ||||
| URBAN | X | REGIONAL |