The NarraText
Story Map elaborates the "Story" details of the NarraText
Narrative Map describing the "sub-parts" of the narrative parts.
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Transcript: Narrative
Story (WHAT is told) (Content) Existents Characters (changed by plot-significant events) Props/actors (facilitate/constrain characters & actors) Setting Story Context - playing field . time period . culture . attitudes Events Actions - Agentive (Actor is thematic Agent, Experiencier, Benefactor, Possessor,etc.) (Active Voice Subject) Happenings - Agentless (Actor is thematic Patient, Recipient, Beneficiary, etc.) (Active Voice Object) States Conditions (physical state or circumstance) Dispositions (attitudes, mental states, emotions) Traits ("Permanent" properties, characteristics, identities Goals/Purposes (infinitive phrases) Activities - Nominalized Events and States (Gerund Phases) Discourse (How it is Told) (Expression) Adapted from: Seymour Chatman, "Story and Discourse - Narrative structure in Fiction and Film", Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 1978 |