Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Narrative Research
- The way in which the different elements in a story are organised to make a meaningful story (Story telling)
- Narrative Theory
- Todorov
- Todorov argues that all stories start with an
- 'equilibrium' where potentially opposing forces
- are in a balance. This is disrupted by some event
- which causes a dis-equilibrium. The story progresses
- until a second, but different equilibrium is reached.
- Levi-Strauss
- Levi-Strauss argued that all meaning is
- structured around a series of binary oppositions
- or a conflict between two qualities or terms
- Men - Women
- Strong - Weak
- Cowboys - Indians
- Propp
- Propp argues that it is possible to group
- all characters and actions into:
- 8 character roles
- 31 functions
- False Hero
- Dispatcher
- Father
- Hero
- Villian
- Princess
- Donor
- Helper