Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Todorov's Theory...

Tzvetan Todorov came up with an idea that most narratives start with a state of Equilibrium in which life is normal and protagonists happy. There are five stages in his theory:

  1. Equilibrium 
  2. Disruption
  3. Recognition of Disruption
  4. Attempt to repair Disruption
  5. New Equilibrium
For example, 
  1. Town is peaceful
  2. Little girl gets murdered
  3. Father reports girl missing
  4. Father goes after killer 
  5. Killer gets arrested

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