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Narrative, story, and plot are the basic terms used when analyzing the narrative structure (叙事结 构)of a film. Although they are sometimes used interchangeably(可交换的),they also have more precise meanings that can help us to draw some useful distinction. David Bordwell and Krisin Thomas
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Achilles was a Greek hero and greatest warriorof the Trojan War .
Later legends state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel. Because of his death from a small
The key distinction is that between story and plot: Story is
the viewer's
of all the events in the
narrative—whether presented to us or not—while plot is
Story All the events that we see and hear, plus all those that we infer or assume to have occurred, arranged in their presumed causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency and spatial locations.
Plot A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.(From IMDB)-the first story
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Narrative (storyline) A teenager boy named Pi lost his family in shipwreck and drift on Pacific Ocean for 227 days……
Story The second story or “your story of Pi”
in Film Art—An Introduction《电影艺术入门)define
them as follows:
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Narrative (storyline) A chain of events in cause-effect relationships(因果关系)occurring in time and space.
wound in the heel, the term Achilles' heel
has come to mean a person's point of weakness.
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Superman
Fatal Flaw: kryptonite氪气石 concern with the people he loves and cares
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Achilles
The “Achilles” story is the story of the seemingly invulnerable(不会受伤的,无懈可击的)hero with a fatal flaw. Classical tragedy is usually a variant of the Achilles story.
Plot All the events that are directly presented to us, including their causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations.
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Greed
1. A flawless hero?
Arrogance
Jealousy
2. Fatal flaws of human beings
Prejudice
Sluggishnes s
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Candide
The story of the innocent abroad ,the natively optimistic hero who triumphs contrary to all expectations
Achilles Candid Cinderella Circe
Faust
阿喀琉斯 康迪德
灰姑娘
喀耳刻
浮士德
Orpheus Romeo and
Tristan the Wandering Jew
Juliet
俄尔普斯 罗密欧与朱丽叶 特里斯坦 流浪的犹太人
*They can occur
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* These story categories should be interpreted quite
the film’s actual presentation of certain events in the
narrative.
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Writers such as Rory Johnston have argued that there are a limited number of stories that form the basis for all fictional narratives. These stories have been named as follows.
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