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TYPES OF NARRATIVE
STRUCTUREBY JACK ETTINGER
OPEN VS CLOSED
OPEN
There are loose ends of questions left unanswered
E.g. Soap Opera
CLOSED
No loose ends everything is tied up
E.g. Finding Nemo
SINGLE STRAND VS MULTI STRAND SINGLE STRAND
One narrative thread
E.g. Finding Nemo
MULTI STRAND
Multiple threads which often cross-over or combine
E.g. Soap Opera
LINEAR VS NON-LINEAR
LINEAR
Chronological Order
NON LINEAR
Doesn’t go in chronological order. E.g. the use of flash
CIRCULAR
CIRCULAR
A story that ends in the same place it began is commonly called a circular or cyclical narrative.
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