Narrative

Narrative - How the story is told and portrayed.

Narrator - The person who tells the story.



Key Theory 2 - Narratology - Tzvetan Todorov

Todorov's theory of Narrative Equilibrium he believes they go in the process of:

1. Establishment of equilibrium (state of balance)
2. Disequilbrium (narrative becomes unbalanced around the middle)
3. Partial restoration of equilibrium (Things almost go back to normal or get better)

Narrative of Todrov is moving from one state of equilibrium to another!

Narrative types:

Multi strand narrative - follows many isolated narratives

Single strand narratives - follows a single narrative

Non linear narrative - doesn't follow the period of time (non chronological order)

Linear narrative - chronological narrative

Building Blocks of Narrative:

• genre conventions
• character archetype 
• Mise-en-scene
• Barthe's codes
• Binary Oppositions