Closure

Question 0

Melodrama

Answer 0

A clear opposition of good guys and bad guys.

Question 1

Conflict: the agon

Answer 1

The Ancient Greek word for conflict (contest) is agon.
Conflict in narrative does not necessarily take the form of melodrama. In many narratives there is more than one conflict at play.

Question 2

Protagonist

Answer 2

Hero

Question 3

Antagonist

Answer 3

The hero’s chief opponent

Question 4

Closure

Answer 4

• It’s achieved when a narrative resolves conflict and usually but not necessarily comes at the end of the narrative.
• It also can refer to more than the resolution of a story’s central conflict.
• Occurs when expectations are fulfilled or questions answered.

Question 5

Suspense and Surprise

Answer 5

Lack of closure that gives narrative it’s life.

Question 6

Decoding narrative

Answer 6

Codes necessary not just to make sense of the narrative, but to extract meaning from it.

Question 7

Proairetic Code

Answer 7

Having to do with expectations and actions

Question 8

Hermeneutic Code

Answer 8

Having to do with questions and answers.

Question 9

Two fundamental codes that author and reader share in order to make a narrative readable.

Answer 9

• Proairetic Code

- Hermeneutic Code

Question 10

Two levels at which suspense and closure occur in narrative

Answer 10

• The level of Expectations

- The level of Questions

Question 11

The absence of closure

Answer 11

Closure does not have to happen in narrative makes it especially important to keep closure separate from the formal concept of ending.