The document discusses various narrative theories from scholars such as Tzvetan Todorov, Claude Levi-Strauss, Roland Barthes, and Vladimir Propp. It states that narratives move the story forward through conflicts between opposites like good vs evil, resolutions of these conflicts, and codes or character types that audiences understand and recognize.

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Depend on conflict to
create a disequilibrium.
Tzvetan Todorov
Claude Levi-Strauss Narrative
The resolution of
these conflicts
creates a new
equilibrium.
depends on
conflict between
two opposites
called BINARY and
OPPOSITIONS.
Examples of
these opposites
Good and Evil
Truth and Lies
Roland Barthes
Rich and Poor
The resolution
of these =
resolves the
narrative.
Narratives
move forward
through a
series of codes
which the
audience
understand.
Enigma codes create “minicliffhangers” or puzzles
which the audience want to
solve. The resolutions of
these puzzles satisfies the
audience.
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Vladimir Propp
Narratives are
organised
around
recognisable
character types
and actions
which the
audience
recognise.
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This creates automatic
sympathy, distrust, or fear.