Research Log 5: OVERVIEW Tzvetan Todorov

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803104812859

"Todorov's principal interest in his early work was in the formal properties of narrative (his work is in this regard congruent to that of Genette and Greimas), specifically its syntax, or the rules of combination."

"He distinguished between propositions and sequences, showing that for every proposition (an action performed by an agent, e.g. the hero goes on a quest) there is a limited number of things that can happen (either the hero succeeds or he doesn't). These propositions are the basic building blocks of all narrative, as most creative writing schools now instruct. "

Some information about the theorist, Tzvetan Todorov who stated what a narrative should consist of (to be shown in subsequent post). The source is reliable and is run by experts on different subjects.