In todays lesson we learnt about the 2 types of Narrative. These are OPEN and CLOSED.
They are compared to a ball of string.
*Open meant something being unravelled in a lot of different ways. E.G. soaps
*Closed meant there's only one obvious thread to pull on. E.G. detective programs
In order to get an open/closed narrative you need a NARRATIVE CODE between it. This leads onto the 5 codes...
THE 5 CODES
->Action Code - applies to any action that implies a further narrative action.
->Enigma Code - refers to any element in a story that is not explained, therefore exists as an enigma for the audience, raising questions.
->The Semantic Code - any element in a text that suggests a particular, often additional meaning by way of connotation.
->The Cultural Code - any element in a narrative that refers "to a science or a body of knowledge". The cultural codes tend to point to our shared knowledge about the way, the world works.
->The Symbolic Code - Levi-Strauss, argued that narrative structures have binary opposites e.g. good Vs evil and the Symbolic Code creates a meaning between these two opposites that we question.
Emma. Well done. Remember the symbolic code works by creating a meaning between two binary opposites. For example by showing a rich person next to a poor person we may begin to think what has made one person rich and one person poor?
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