2. Starter
What is meant by the term ‘narrative’?
Please write your ideas on the board.
3. Definition
Narrative refers to the different
types of story structure that genres
employ as well as the actual story-
telling devices and narrative
moments which they are
associated with.
4. Tododrov’s narrative theory.
Tododrov’s narrative theory states that a narrative will follow
this sturcture-
Equilibrium; how the place and characters begin at the start of
the story.
Disequilibrium; a disruption to the equilibrium.
Recognition (of the disruption)
Resolution; plan to resolve the disequilibrium.
Restoration of equilibrium; the story returns back to the
beginning.
(please make notes)
5. Vladimir Propp’s theory.
Vladimir Propp went through
hundreds of fairy/folk tales and
identified:
8 character roles- villain, hero,
donor, helper, princess, her father,
dispatcher, false hero.
6. Can you think of a film
where Vladimir Propp’s
theory applies?
7. Plenary
Can you put the stages of Tododrov’s theory
into the correct order.
Equilibrium
Resolution
Recognition
Disequilibrium Restoration
