Blog Post #5: Narrative

    1. In Chapter 6 of Literary Theory by Johnathan Culler, the author mentions that the 2 things that make up a story which are plot and discourse. In a story, plot is what determines the intro and the conclusion while discourse is through the point of view in which the story is being told through.

      One recent example I can think is from the animated movie called Promare. The basic plot is that there are humans that mutate into the Burnish, who are people who can wield fire. This causes a disaster and half of the world is destroyed. 30 years afterwards, we follow the story of a man called Galo Thymos who is a part of the Burning Rescue, a firefighting force. They usually respond to attacks by the Mad Burnish, a radical group of Burnish that seemingly attack for no reason. In Galo’s point of view, the Mad Burnish are seen as terrorists. However, later in the movie Lio Fotia (the leader of the Mad Burnish) reveals to him that they try and save people who turn into Burnish because if they leave them alone the government will capture them and use them in cruel experiments. In the conclusion, they do figure out how to stop the government and stop people turning into Burnish.
    2. In the section titled “What stories do”, Johnathan Culler says narratives are supposed to satisfy the reader in some way, whether its through enjoyment or through knowledge. I agree with him, as there is no point in reading a narrative otherwise.
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2 thoughts on “Blog Post #5: Narrative”

  1. Tereza Koniakovska - Bors

    Hi Waleed, I think you made a point. Why would we read anything without getting something from it? But still, I believe that it is a kind of knowledge in all cases. No matter what we are reading, it will always left in us something.

  2. Qipu Li

    hi, the example you wrote is very relavant to the point in the chapter 6, which is ” a plot requires a transformation.” i think I should watch that moive.

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