Types of Narrative Flashcards
What is a linear structure?
Chronological
What is a non-linear structure?
Non-chronological
What is a fractured narrative?
Some writers and storytellers prefer to structure their narratives less linearly, so they are able to jump back and forth in time.
What is a Circular?
Ends up back where you started.
What is a closed narrative?
Narrative with a clear ending.
What is a open narrative?
Soap, cliff-hanger
What is a single or multi-stranded narrative?
One of multiple narrative structures
What is a diagesis?
The act of telling a story through narration.
What is a mimesis?
The act of telling a story by showing (via representations).
What is a narrative code?
The media language used to tell the story.
What is a narrative?
The structure of a story.
What is a stock character?
A type of character in a story who is easily recognisable as they appear in many stories eg: the moody teenager.
What is an archetype?
A very typical example of a type of person eg ‘She was the archetypal teacher’.
