Prep Work on Narrative Theorists

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Narrative Theorists:

Todorov
Barthes
Levi-Strauss
Cook
Propp

Todorov Theory – 5 Stages of narrative
·         Equilibrium, Disequilibrium, Resolution

Propps Theory – Stock Characters
·       The villain, The hero, the heroine, the donor, the helper, the dispatcher, the false hero, Princess 

Levi-Strauss Theory – Opposites
·         Boy vs. Girl, Peace vs. War, Man vs. Woman, Young vs. Old. Good vs. Evil

Barthes – Structuralist approach
·         Action, Enigma, Semic, Symbolic, Cultural, (reterencial, phallic) - 5 codes

Cook – The Structure of The Classic Narrative
·         Enigma Resolution
·         Narrative Closure
·         Fictional World that contains verisimilitude

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