Summary: Interactive Storytelling

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• What concepts are discussed in Aristotle's Poetics?

  • Tragedy and comedy
  • Narrative forms: epic and dramatic
  • Dramatic structure

• What are the key ideas in Russian formalism?

  • Vladimir Propp's character roles
  • Viktor Šklovskij's concepts: fabula, sujet, media/text

• What does narratology study?

  • Narrative principles
  • Narrative representations
  • Seymour Chatman's kernels vs. satellites
  • Gérard Genette's focalization

• Is there a clear and widely accepted definition of narratives, stories, and storytelling?

  • A generally accepted definition of narratives, story, and storytelling is hard to pin down.
  • Any hope for a straightforward solution is possibly unrealistic. (

• What does a narrative represent?

  • Represents a specific chronological event sequence
  • Experienced by specific persons
  • In a specific spatiotemporal setting.

• What are the components of a narrative as per Kinnebrock & Bilandzic, 2006, and Smed et al., 2021?

  • Narratives consist of two main components: Story and Discourse.
  • Story refers to the "what"/content, including:
  • - Chronological sequence of events (plot, fabula, arc)
  • - Kernels and satellites
  • - Characters and their roles
  • - Setting(s)
  • Discourse covers the "how"/expression, including:
  • - (Re)presentation of the story
  • - Result of the act of narration
  • - Discourse structure (also known as sujet)
  • - Focalization
  • - Point of View (PoV)
  • - Voice

• What does the term narrative encompass?

  The term narrative includes story and discourse:
  

  • Story: events, characters, story world
  • Discourse: how the story is presented, reflected, or represented

• What are the two main components that constitute a narrative?

  • A narrative includes a Story, defined as a sequence of events in chronological order.
  • It is conveyed through Discourse, which is how the story is presented or represented, emerging from the narration process.

• What is an event in the context of a story structure?

  • A change of state, something happening, usually involving a character

• What does the term "plot event" or "plot point" refer to in storytelling?

  • A plot event or plot point is a narrative turn that is dramatically significant