Introduction to Narrative Theory | Teaching and Learning with Mr Miller

[@elisaelisaross]

"Deus ex machina" is a Latin expression meaning "god from the machine" and it refers to a common trope in Ancient Greek theatre (5th century BC in Athens), in which a god would show up towards the end of the tragedy in order to interviene and solve the situation. Usually they descended on the stage by flying through the air or standing on very high platforms, which was achieved by using the "machine" ("mechané" in Ancient Greek), a sort of basic crane to lift actors. So the "deus ex machina" expression originates from the actor impersonating a deity descending on the stage of a tragedy thanks to the use of a crane and solving the situation for the human characters.

[@mynameisdrewmiller]

Cool

[@ZeeSample-SoloQ]

Like every researcher is saying something of his own, I'm trying to explore the theory to analyse the structure of a certain book. I'm not sure which theory to follow. in case you red my comment I would love to hear what you think about this matter.

[@mynameisdrewmiller]

Hi there. Well there are so many narrative theories, some of which work together, and some that contradict each other. I have always found Todorov's Narrative Structure to be quite simply to conventional texts, as has Propp's Functions (which I don't think I mentioned here). One thing I have always found interesting is how many narratives have strong similarities with Greek Mythologies. This could be something to look into?

[@ZeeSample-SoloQ]

@@mynameisdrewmiller Thanks a lot I'll consider your approach to the theories, what am working on is comparing between the narrative mediums ( game narrative and Literary Narrative) which means I'm working with the Comparative literature method to seek which narrative method is more convenient so before comparing I obviously need to study the procedure authors and game designers take in order to narrate their stories.

[@ameer_ameer90]

Thanks for this informative video. You've done a great job, but you're speaking too fast which is hard for non-native speakers of English to grasp.