Post-structuralismZoë Freeman

• Barthes – Pleasure of the Texts

• The audience know what’s happening, seeing it played out = fulfilling and

gives closure, however, there is another layer when the unexpected happens

• ‘Jouissance’ – found in transgressive films

• Levi Strauss – Binary Opposites

• Constant conflict/opposition propels the narrative

• Visual (light/dark), conceptual (love/hate), sound (loud/quiet)

• Propp – 8 Character Types

• Based on folk tales and legends that he’d studied from across the world,

found that they were all similar and the same problems/character types kept

showing up

• The Hero – on a quest, often restores equilibrium

• Villain – opposes the hero, usually the one who creates moment of

disequilibrium

• The Donor – helps hero, may result in resolution

• The dispatcher – aids the hero in task of restoring equilibrium

• The false hero – attempts to steer the hero from his quest

• The helper – helps the hero

• The princess – reward for the hero

• Her father – rewards the hero