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Narrative theories…

Narrative theories…. Edward Branigan. Branigan suggests that narrative is ‘a way of organising spatial and temporal data into a cause-effect chain of events with a beginning, a middle and end that embodies a judgement about the nature of events.’

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  1. Narrative theories…

  2. Edward Branigan • Branigan suggests that narrative is ‘a way of organising spatial and temporal data into a cause-effect chain of events with a beginning, a middle and end that embodies a judgement about the nature of events.’ • Narration, according to Branigan, should be understood as “the overall regulation and distribution of knowledge which determines how and when a spectator acquires knowledge [of narrative events]” (1992). http://www.slideshare.net/jphibbert1979/narrative-theory-7091030 http://perspectivecriticism.com/2013/01/21/narration-in-film-edward-branigan-on-point-of-view-versus-focalization-laura-copier/

  3. Branigan’s book Edward Branigan wrote a book delving into the basic concepts of narrative theory and its relation to film. He looks into to other linguistic and scientific theories and applies them to on screen media texts. http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Narrative_Comprehension_and_Film.html?id=hTlc4PLQo8kC&redir_esc=y

  4. TsuetanTodorov • TzvetanTodorov is a Franco-Bulgarian philosopher. He proposed a theory surrounding the different sections of a media narrative. The theory simply proposes that; • The fictional environment begins with a state of equilibrium (everything is as it should be). • It then suffers some disruption (disequilibrium). • And finally a new equilibrium is produced at the end of the narrative. http://www.adamranson.plus.com/TODOROV.HTM http://www.mediaknowall.com/gcse/keyconceptsgcse/keycon.php?pageID=narrative

  5. Roland Barthes –Barthes codes • Roland Barthes delved into the concept that some media texts may be ´open´ (can be interpreted by the audience in several different ways) or ´closed´ (there is only one desired reading that the audience should pick up on). Barthes suggested that the leads we are exposed too in our attempts to unravel meaning are called narrative codes. These codes could be categorised in the following five ways: • Action/proiarectic code & enigma code (ie Answers & questions) • Symbols & Signs • Points of Cultural Reference • Simple description/reproduction http://www.mediaknowall.com/as_alevel/alevkeyconcepts/alevelkeycon.php?pageID=narrative

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