Unit 1c- Todorov

Level 2 Media Unit 1C: Narrative

Linear narratives: Todorov’s Narrative Structure

Genre example	Establishing problem	Elaboration / development	Complication	Action climax	Resolution
Romance (Twilight)	Bella is an ordinary girl that moves in with her father. Edward is a 100+ year old vampire. When they met they instantly fall in love but Bella doesn’t know that Edwards a vampire.	Bella eventually finds out that Edwards a vampire, Bella’s best friend Jacob is in love with her and also he is a werewolf.	Bella and Edward were playing baseball with his family when some evil vampire’s realise that she’s a human and tries to kill her. Edward and his family protect her and hide her at their house.	Bella goes to a warehouse thinking that she was going to see her mum when one of the evil vampire’s makes her unconscious.	Edward Kills him and saves Bella and takes her to hospital. When she wakes up Bella explains that she is staying with her dad and that she loves Edward.
Horror (American Horror Story)	Two teenage witches that are mass murderers live in a house full of witches.	They are in trouble with the police for murdering a group of boys that raped one of the witches.	One of the girls is very sensitive and tells the police everything about the murders. The head of the witches stops the police by casting a spell and threatens the girls.	The girls go to a morgue and create a human by putting all the limbs of dead bodies together and by doing a spell. The spell goes wrong and they create a monster.	One of the girls goes home. The other girl stayed in the car and drove the monster when they were stopped by a witch that protects nature they go to her house and she looks after them.
Action (Spiderman)	Peter is an orphan living with his aunt and uncle because his parents died at a young age. He got bitten by a spider.	Peter had noticed that when he had put his hand into a certain position that the substance that spiders produce when creating a cob web had come out of his hand when he made that certain position.	Once he finds out that he has been bitten by a spider and has these powers he goes on a question to help people.	He uses the powers he has in order to help people who are in trouble and in need and uses these powers in order to find out the story be hide his uncle’s mysterious death.	He eventually finds out the story of his uncles mysterious death.
Sci Fi (The vampire Diaries)	Damon Salvatore is born in the 1800s in a town called Mystic Falls. Him and his brother fall in love with a 500 year old vampire called Katherine Pierce. She compels their love. Both he and his brother die in 1864 to protect her. They both become vampires.	In current time, Damon and Stefan both fall in love with a girl called Elena, which is Katherine’s Doppelganger. The problem was, Stefan and Elena were dating and Damon acted like he didn’t care and by being the bad brother. The villain.	Elena finds out about Supernaturalism. Damon acts arrogant and sarcastic around everyone and kills a lot of people.	Elena and Damon have good moments, when he shows up in her bedroom at night time or when they save their friends. Katherine comes back and tries to stir between the four of them.	As the series continues Damon and Elena fall in love and they start dating.