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By Sophie Ellie Ben Gabe

WHAT IS NARRATIVE?● The way events are put together.● Types of narrative:

- Linear / non-linear- Open-ended / closed- Single-strand / multi-strand

Narrative in The Killing

- In the killing it follows a linear storyline.- It follows a multi strand story which involves many

different stories at the same time.- The story ends up being closed by the end of the

season when we find out the killer.- By the end of the season all the different stories

come together.

Roland Barthes Enigma Code (1908)

- Gives puzzles to be discovered at the end.

- Keeps audience guessing and engaged.

- Based works on Ferdinand de Saussure.

- Adding information can change how signs are read.

Vladimir Propp's Character Roles (1928)- 8 main character roles: - Hero, Villains,

Donor, Dispatcher, False Hero, Helper, Princess, Princesses Father.

- 31 steps to a story.

- Characters can have more than 1 role.

Tzvetan Todorov Equilibrium Theory (1969)

- Equilibrium - Everything is how it should be.

Equilibrium

Disruption Repair

Recognition

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The Enigma Code in The Killing- Clues set throughout to give idea about killer.

- Adding information to the case continues the story.

Character Roles in The Killing

- The Hero - Sara lund

- The Villain- Vagn Skærbæk

- One Donor- Leon Frevert

- The Dispatcher- Erik Buchard

Character Roles in The Killing Continued- The False Hero- Vagn Skærbæk

- The Helper- Jan Meyer

- The Princess- Nanna Birk Larsen

- The Princesses Farther- Theis Birk Larsen

Equilibrium Theory in The Killing- Equilibrium - Norm.- Disruption - Nanna dies.- Recognition - Police find her body.- Repair - Muder case where they find killer.- New equilibrium - Acceptance that life goes on.

Claude Levi-Strauss binary opposite theory (1978)- He doesn't just believe in narrative.

- He believes in two juxtaposing beliefs.

- One of these qualities is more liked by the audience.

- The bad qualities in the antagonist emphasise the positive qualities in the protagonist.