Narrative & Genre

when one text makes reference to another text

a heist movie is a sub-genre of

Whose theory is this? All narratives are concerned with conflict

a text that has several references to one influential source

The visual signs and signifiers that we associate with genre

giving us the back-story, the background to the character, or setting the story's context is...

narative is "a chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space"

a type of code representing something much broader than what we see, works on a cultural level

Whose theory is this? Characters serve functions in any narrative

intertextuality is

The things we expect from a genre

this text will contain several references to a variety of stylistic influences

the name for a code which visually bears no resemblance to what it represents

prior to an equilibrium being restored we are likely to witness the film's...

A sign is a

when a film has elements taken from more than one genre

the name for a type of code that stands in for what it represents, it bears a physical likeness

Whose theory is this? All narratives seek to respore teh equilibrium

Genres are made up of

an off-shoot of a main genre is known as a

when a text pays respect to another text in a visual or aural tribute

a chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space - is?

genre - is a French term for