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.