Propp – Studied the narrative patterns of myths. Characters are ‘spheres of action’ within different functions within a narrative. These characters are the villain, the hero (seeking something), the donor (providing an object with magical property), the helper, the princess (reward for the hero), her father (rewards the hero), the dispatcher (sends the hero in his way), the false hero.
Todorov – A story begins with an ‘equilibrium’ where opposing forces are in balance. This is disrupted by an event, which sets in train a series of other events, until it reaches another equilibrium.
Barthes – Narrative works with five different codes which activate the reader to make sense of it. These codes are read by means of a number of details e.g. looks, significant words, which make us remember conventional ‘scripts’ of actions like ‘falling in love’ or ‘being tempted into robbery’. For example, an ‘enigma code’ works to set up little puzzles to be solved to delay the ending of the story.
Levi-Strauss – Narratives are based on binary oppositions, or a conflict between two qualities or terms. For example, Good vs. Evil, Humans vs. Aliens, City vs. Countryside. He was less interested in syntagmatic relations (how events were arranged in the plot) and more about paradigmatic relations (how things are arranged according to themes).
Archer - Music videos will cut between a narrative and a performance of the song by the band to show ‘real connection’ with the music. A carefully choreographed dance might be part of the artist’s performance or an extra aspect of the video designed to aid visualisation and the ‘repeatability’ factor
Davis - Musical Synaesthesia only requires the musical or lyrical ‘mood’ to latch onto to develop a narrative concept
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