This document summarizes several narrative theory approaches. It discusses Propp's identification of 8 key character types in stories, including villains, heroes, donors, and false heroes. It also outlines Todorov's story timeline approach and Barthes' 5 codes for analyzing narratives, such as action, referential, semantic, and symbolic codes. Finally, it notes some modern narrative conventions identified by Cameron, including anachronic structures, forking paths, episodic formats, and split screens.