Well in lesson today we learned the differences between a story and a

narrative.

Plot: is the narrative as it is seen, read, or heard from the first to the
last word or image. That is, like a signifier, it is what the reader
perceives.

story: Is the narrative in chronological order, the abstract order of

abstract events as they follow each other. That is like a signified song,
story is what the reader conceives or understands.

More specifically, narrative is a way of organizing spatial and temporal data

into a cause and effect chain of events with a beginning, middle, and end
that embodies a judgment about the nature of the events as well as
demonstrates how it is possible to know, and hence to narrate, the events.
Annette Khun has summarized the conventional, or 'classical', narrative mode
of the twentieth century as:

1. Linearity of cause and effect within an overall trajectory of enigma-

resolution.
2. A high degree of narrative closure.
3. A fictional world governed by spacial and temporal verisimilitude.
4. Centrality of the narrative agency of psychologically-rounded characters.

Holly's summary! (In less academic terms...):

1.Beginning, middle, and end, all in chronological order, with mysteries solved
as the story progresses.
2. From beginning to end, loose ends need to be tied up, perhaps with a few
enigmas left for possible sequel.
3. Everything from objects to language to characters needs to be typical of
the time and location that the story is set.
4. Characters should have independent personalities with own control over
their actions, or rely on other characters for orders.
Annette Khun has summarized the conventional, or 'classical', narrative mode
of the twentieth century as:

1. Linearity of cause and effect within an overall trajectory of enigma-

resolution.
2. A high degree of narrative closure.
3. A fictional world governed by spacial and temporal verisimilitude.
4. Centrality of the narrative agency of psychologically-rounded characters.

Holly's summary! (In less academic terms...):

1.Beginning, middle, and end, all in chronological order, with mysteries solved
as the story progresses.
2. From beginning to end, loose ends need to be tied up, perhaps with a few
enigmas left for possible sequel.
3. Everything from objects to language to characters needs to be typical of
the time and location that the story is set.
4. Characters should have independent personalities with own control over
their actions, or rely on other characters for orders.