- He is particularly known for his work on ‘narratology’, or the structuring of narrative. His approach is founded on his belief in a common basis of human experience and the underlying narrative behind all human activity.
- Todorov’s sequence is made up of five propositions outlining a basic state of narration, which is disturbed and then re-established:
· A state of equilibrium where everything is in order
· A disruption of the order by an event
· A recognition that a disruption has taken place
· An attempt to repair the damage of the disruption
· A return to some kind of equilibrium
Propp, Vladimir
His research refers to the types of character in folk tales and the events that involve them. He found that folk tales begin with an initial situation where the characters are introduced. This is followed up with 31 functions, not always occurring in the same order.
His work emphasises the role of character in structuring narrative and is useful in helping to understand generic conventions, but it is rigid and of limited use in deconstructing complex contemporary narrative. Propp’s character types include:
· The villain
· The hero
· The donor, provides an object with magic property
· The dispatcher, who sends the hero on his way with a message
· The false her
· The helper, aids the hero
· The princess
· Her father
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