Tzvetan todorov’s narrative theory

j

1. Tzvetan Todorov’s Narrative Theory: Tzvetan Todorov's narrative theory tells that all narratives have a three parts where they begin with equilibrium, where everything is balanced. Progress to something coming along to disrupt that equilibrium, and finally reach a resolution, where equilibrium is restored towards the end.

2. Tzvetan Todorov: Born in Sofia, Bulgaria. March 1 st 1939 Died in Paris, France. February 7 th 2017 His nationality was Bulgarian/French He was known as a Philosopher, sociologist and geologist He was awarded the Charles Lévêque Prize of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.

3. Example of Todorov’s theory in modern film (Kingsman, 2014): 1. Equilibrium: 2.Disruption 3.Recognition of Disruption 4. Attempts to repair disruption 5. Return to equilibrium/ New equilibrium

4. Example of film that does not follow Todorov’s theory: One film that does not follow the theory and narrative would be the Christopher Nolan film “ Memento, 2000” . This film is a unique film and has a unique narrative as the film tells its story backwards, therefore as each scene passes by the audience gets to piece together the unfolding events of the drama/crime film and have a better feeling for Guy Pearce’s character as he suffers from short term memory loss therefore making for a unique film experience.