Narrative
Theory
Tim
O’Sullivan (1998)
He argues that all media texts tell us some
kind of story. Though careful mediation à
media texts offers us a way of telling stories about ourselves à
not usually our own person stories, but the story of us as a
culture or a set of cultures.
Narrative theory sets out to show that what
we experience when we “read” a
story is to understand a particular set of constructions, or conventions and
that it is important to be aware of how these constructions are put together.
Kate
Domaille (2001)
She states that every story ever told can fit
into one
of eight narratives.
Achilles – The fatal
flaw that leads to the destruction of the previously flawless or almost
flawless person, e.g. –Superman, Fatal Attraction.
Candide – The indomitable
hero who cannot be put down. e.g Indiana Jones, James Bond and Rocky etc…
Cinderella – The dream
comes true. E.g –Pretty Woman.
Circe – The case, the spider and the fly,
the innocent and the victim, e.g – Smokey and the Bandit, Duel, The Terminator.
Faust – Selling your soul to the devil
may bring riches but eventually your soul will belong to him, e.g. – Bedazzles,
Wall Street.
Orpheus – The loss of
something personal, the gift that is taken away, the tragedy of loss of
journey, which follows the loss, e.g. The Sixth Sense, Love Story, Born on the
4th of July.
Romeo and Juliet – A love
story, e.g. Titanic.
Tristan and Iseult – The love
triangle, man loves woman, both/one are spoken for, or a 3rd party
intervenes, e.g.- Casablanca.One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest 1975 and Green Day Basket Case
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