There are two types of narrative, open and closed. Open narrative is when the story unravelles in different ways like a soap e.g eastenders, hollyoaks. Closed narrative is a movie. The only execption to this rule is serial/series which are closed narrative with an open narrative arche. which is like skins.
The 5 code.
Action code - Applies to any action that implies a further narrative action. For example, a gunslinger draws his gun on an adversary and we wonder what the resolution of this action will e.
Enigma Code - Refers to any element in a story that is not explained and therefore, exists as an enigma for the audience, raising questions that demand explanation.
The Semantic code - Any element in a text that suggests a partticular often additional meaning y a way of connation (denotation - one meaning)
The cultural code - Any element in a narrative that refers " to a science or a ody of knowledge" in other words the cultural codes tent to point to our shared knowledge aout the way the world works.
The Symloic code - To understand the symolic code you need to first understand Binary opposites. Levi Straus elieved that the world was split into a series of ' binary opposites? essentially one thing can only e defined in relation to something that isnt. For Example, A hero is only a hero if there is a coward. Therefore the symbolic code is the middle of the hero and coward.
Ideology code - An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things as a belief which helps explain the world around us. My way of looking at things is... when i die i will be reancarnated.. people who kill should be killed... child abusers should be torcherd.
Hannah, well done for updating your blog but try not to have too many identical entries to Jack. What you need to do now is apply the theory we've learned in class to your prelim activities.
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