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Tuesday 7 October 2014

Narrative Structure Theory Task - What is a Narrative Structure and Introduction

What is a Narrative Structure

By Definition:

"Narrative structure, a literary element, is generally described as the structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer. The narrative text structures are the plot and the setting."

Essentially how a story is told, and in the following posts I hope to talk about three theories about a stories dilemmas character types, and the conflicts we conventionally see in many of our favorite films everyday.
The posts will be named with he following titles;

1)"Narrative Structure Theory Task - Todorov's Theory" - Here I will talk about "Tzetan Todorov's Theory" and his interpretation of a narrative that every story follows.

2)"Narrative Structure Theory Task - Vladimir Propp's 8 Character Types" - Vladimir believed almost every story will only have these eight character types, no matter how many character's you have they only comply with these eight.

3)"Narrative Structure Theory Task - Claude Levi-Strauss' Binary Oppositions" - Good vs Evil, Crime vs Justice etc. these are the principle binary oppositions Claude summarised films to follow.

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