Narrative and story are different. A story is a sequence of events, known as the plot. Whereas narrative is the way that those events are put together to be presented to an audience. so, when analysing narrative you analyse the way the story is put together, including the intended theme, instead of the story itself.
Narrative Includes:
Technical codes
Verbal codes
Symbolic Codes
Structure
Character
Narrative Conflict
Russian Theorist Tzevtan Todorov suggested that all narratives have a 3 part structure. Equilibrium (beginning), Dis-equilibrium (middle), and New Equilibrium (end). This theory takes into account Aristotle's theory that all drama is conflict, so therefore there is a dis-equilibrium at the heart of every narrative. Claude Levi-Strauss had a theory called binary opposites, where each narrative has an opposing force. These theories provide formal framework for describing and understanding the meaning and significance of a narrative.
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