Narrative Key Points 1

Question 1

Viewpoints

Answer 1

• First or third person
• Single or multiple viewpoints
• Omniscient
• Narrator

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

• Todorov’s classic structure: normality > disruption > return to normality (although something has changed)
• enigma
• conflict
• resolution or non-resolution
• single or multiple storylines
• series

Question 3

Plot

Answer 3

hronological or non-chronological

Question 4

Narrative codes

Answer 4

• enigma code (planting a mystery in the story)
• action code (suggesting to the audience that an action is about to take place)
• Propp’s character roles: hero, villain, donor, helper, princess, dispatcher, false hero
• Binary opposites e.g. good and evil

Question 5

Story

Answer 5

who, where, what, when, why, how