Narrative Theory Roland Barthes

We learnt about the Narative Theory in the first theory lesson, we learnt about:
Open Narrative which are continuous e.g Soaps
Closed Narratives e.g A film which has a Beggining, middle and end.

In this lesson we also learned about "THE 5 CODES" I will now give a breif summary of each:

• Action Code - applies to any action that implies a further narrative action.
• Enigma Code - refers to any element in a story that is not explained and therefore, exists as a enigma as its raising questions that demand an explanation.
• The Semantic Code - any element in a text that suggests a particular, often additional meaning by the way of connotation.
• The cultural code - any element in a narrative that refers "to a science or a body of knowledge" in other words, the cultural codes tend to point to our shared knowledge about how the world works.
• The Symbolic Code- this is very difficult to understand, you can only understand it if you look at and understand binary opposites. Levi Strauss was spit into a series of binary opposites for example someone can only be really good at football if someone else is really bad and there can only be a hero if theres a cowardly option.

The final thing we learnt in this lesson was IDEOLOGY this is a organised collection of ideas it also can be thought of as a comprehensive vision or a belief that helps explain the world around us!