Narrative

 Diegesis

The internal world created by the story that the characters themselves experience and encounter.

Story and plot

Story – all events referenced both explicitly in a narrative and inferred (including backstory as well as those projected beyond the action)

Plot – the events directly incorporated into the action of the text and the order in which they are presented

Narrative Range:

Unrestricted narration – A narrative which has no limits to the information that is presented i.e. a news bulletin.

Restricted narration – only offers minimal information regarding the narrative i.e. thrillers.

Narrative Depth:

Subjective character identification – the viewer is given unique access to what a range of characters see and do.

Objective character identification – the viewer is given unique access to a character’s point of view such as seeing things from the character’s mind, dreams, fantasies or memories.

Task:

Thinking back to Paperman. Think about:

-Identify the main characters in relation to Propp’s character theory

-Map the course of the narrative using Todorov’s 5 stages

-Identify some Binary Oppositions driving the conflict. 

1- Propp's theory

-the hero= the man 

-the donor= the girl 

-the villain= the boss man 

-the helper= the paper plane 

2-Todorov's 5 stages 

- stage 1= 2 people meet 

-stage 2= the paper hits the girl and then she disappears onto a train

-stage 3= he realises they're in love its fate blah blah & man tries to get her attention by throwing paper planes through a window

-stage 4= the planes go on a journey to find the lady its magical

-stage 5= the lady is found they reunite wow love!

3- Binary Opposition

- human vs nature 

-man vs woman

- love vs heartbreak

-employer vs employee