Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Difference between story and narrative

Narrative is the story' structure so the beginning the middle and the end however this is a simple concept the best way to describe it is Todorovs structure, Todorov says in any narrative there is a state of equilibrium meaning normality then a disruption so something to disrupt the story, The for the disequilibrium to be noticed by the characters, then events happen because of the disequilibrium and an attempt to repair it, the disequilibrium ends and returns to a new equilibrium. however this does not happen to all films as we have seen with films like The decent it twists the idea of narrative and changes the narrative frequently also hybrid genres do the same thing to the narrative.

Story on the other hand is the story of the film i.e the story line of the decent is friends go into a cave and monsters attack basically so that is what the difference is between story and narrative.

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