Reserch: Narrative

Russian theorist, Tzvetan Todorov, had a theory that all narratives follow a particular structure. They begin with a equilibrium, where everything is balanced, progress as something comes along to disrupt that equilibrium, and finally reach a resolution, when equilibrium is restored.

The key difference between a story and narrative is:

• Story = a sequence of events, known correctly as the plot
• Narrative = the way those events are put together to be presented to an audience.

Movie: Home Alone 

Equilibrium: A Family wants to leave to France for a their christmas holiday.

Disruption: They leave/forget their son Kevin home alone when they go to France, burglars.want to beak in to the house because they think its empty.

Recognition: Kevin knows that the burglars want to break in to the house so he starts to make traps for the burglars to defend his house.

Repair: He catches the burglars and his family comes back to him.

New Equilibrium: Peace is restored to the house.