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The document summarizes several narrative theories and applies them to analyze the structure and key elements of the film being discussed. It describes Todorov's theory of narrative equilibrium involving an initial balanced state, a disruption, and a new resolved equilibrium. This theory is seen in the film's portrayal of Stacey deceiving others at first, then killing her husband as disruption, and seducing the detective to regain control. It also explains Levi-Strauss' theory of binary opposites like good vs evil and strong vs weak being present between Stacey and those she manipulates. Finally, it notes Barthes' idea of narratives containing mysteries, seen in the film through questions raised about Stacey's identities and behavior.
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- Levi-Strauss analyzed binary oppositions like good/bad, male/female that are present in many narratives.
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2. Propp's theory that stories contain character archetypes like heroes, villains, donors, dispatchers, etc. This theory does not closely fit the described singular-character trailer.
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In June 2020, L.L. McKinney, a Black author of young adult novels, began the #publishingpaidme hashtag to create a discussion on how the publishing industry treats Black authors: “what they’re paid. What the marketing is. How the books are treated. How one Black book not reaching its parameters casts a shadow on all Black books and all Black authors, and that’s not the same for our white counterparts.” (Grady 2020) McKinney’s call resulted in an online discussion across 65,000 tweets between authors of all races and the creation of a Google spreadsheet that collected information on over 2,000 titles.
While the conversation was originally meant to discuss the ethical value of book publishing, it became an economic assessment by authors of how publishers treated authors of color and women authors without a full analysis of the data collected. This paper would present the data collected from relevant tweets and the Google database to show not only the range of advances among participating authors split out by their race, gender, sexual orientation and the genre of their work, but also the publishers’ treatment of their titles in terms of deal announcements and pre-pub attention in industry publications. The paper is based on a multi-year project of cleaning and evaluating the collected data to assess what it reveals about the habits and strategies of American publishers in acquiring and promoting titles from a diverse group of authors across the literary, non-fiction, children’s, mystery, romance, and SFF genres.
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Narrative structure
- 1. Narrative Structure Todorov’s Theory: 1. Begins with equilibrium, everything is balanced 2. Something disrupts that equilibrium, 3. Resolution reached with a new equilibrium ‘Titanic’ follows this: • Equilibrium: Jack meets Rose by chance and they fall in love. They have a relationship. • Disruption/Disequilibrium: The Titanic hits an ice berg that slowly sinks. Jack and Rose lose each other and they both get thrown into the sea when the boat splits. • New Equilibrium: Jack and Rose find each other in the freezing water. When Rose wakes up, Jack is dead beside her but his death demonstrates their closeness.
- 2. Todorov’s Theory in Our Film • Equilibrium: Stacey is a deceitful woman, which is normal. • A potential disruption hinted at through clues such as the gun. The disruption in the film is that she kills her husband. • New equilibrium: Near the end of the film she seduces the person who suspects her so she’s back to how she was at beginning.
- 3. Binary Opposites Levi Strauss’ Theory • His theory of Binary Opposition suggests that all narratives progress due to conflict caused by a series of opposing forces. Effectively, each main force in a narrative has its equal and opposite.
- 4. Strauss’ Theory in Our Film • Good vs Bad. Our protagonist has evil intentions to kill the businessman who is good to her and shares his wealth with her. • Strong vs Weak. Stacey can manipulate and control those around her, e.g. her husband and the police. • Reality vs Appearance. Stacey is a beautiful woman who seems pleasant to others but is the very opposite of innocent in reality.
- 5. Barthes’ Enigma Code This theory suggests that a film contains a mystery to draw the audience in, particularly as questions are posed. In our film the following questions are raised: – Why does Stacey have multiple identities? – Why does Stacey appear to hide her detective badge? – Why has Stacey stalked Ryan?