The document discusses various theories of narrative structure from different scholars. Tim O'Sullivan and Bordwell/Thompson discuss how all texts can tell stories and distinguish between story and plot. Pam Cook argues narratives should have linearity, closure, and verisimilitude. Tzvetan Todorov suggests narratives follow five stages of equilibrium disruption and restoration. Propp and Campbell analyzed common character archetypes and story structures across folktales and myths. Levi-Strauss viewed narratives as reducing the world to binary opposites. Later theorists discussed music videos and how they can be categorized as performance, narrative, or art clips based on their visual elements.