Starter - Tuesday 23rd March


Narrative theory 

Claude - Levi Strauss (1958) binary opposition (narrative is understood with 2 opposites) 

Roland Barthes (1977) narrative codes (narrative understood by codes, enigma (mystery, puzzle) code/ action (series of production techniques that tell us what is going to happen next i.e. picking up a set of keys tells us they are going to the car) code

Tzventan Todorov (1977) conventional structure (equilibrium/ disruption/ new equilibrium) 

Pam Cook (1985) cause and effect (aimed point of an enigma resolution) 

Props (1928) character roles (princess character (someone to be saved) hero character (man character aka protagonist), evil character, sidekick) 



Representation theory 

Stuart Hall (1997) preferred meaning (many representations are reduced to many basic stereotypes)

Manuel Alvarado (1987) racial representation (ethnic minority groups, negative, pitied, dangerous, exotic)  

Laura Mulvey (1975) male gaze (gender, objectification of women - sexualisation)

David Newman (2006) working class are represented as problematic 

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