Lydia Clarke

Todorov's theory of narralology: Todorov suggested that conventional narratives are structured in 5 stages: 1. equilibrium 2. disruption of the equilibrium 3. recognition of the disruption 4. attempt to repair the damage 5. new equilibrium (however will never return to being exactly the same as the original equilibrium) This type of narrative structure is very familiar to us and can be applied to many 'mainstream' film/TV narratives Plot: sequence of events, what the reader observes. Story: All events of the narrative both explicit and implicit (what the reader understands) Narrative: plot+story (chain of events in a cause and effect relationship in time and space. The manner in which the story is revealed) Genre and Narratives what you expect to see in... horror: violence, terror, unknown, darkness, antagonist, abandoned buildings, scares, tension, bitter sweet ending, religious iconography. science fiction: futuristic, supernatural, space, technology, post

Cold War 1947-1991 During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies against the Axis powers. The relationship between the two nations was, however tense.  The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and  propaganda  fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. Following the surrender of  Nazi   Germany  in May 1945 near the close of  World War II , the uneasy wartime alliance between the United States and Great  Britain  on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other began to unravel. By 1948 the Soviets had installed left-wing governments in the countries of eastern Europe that had been liberated by the  Red Army . The Americans and the British feared the permanent Soviet domination of eastern Europe and the threat of Soviet-influenced communist parties coming to power in the  democracies  of western Europe. The Soviets, on the other hand, were determined to maintain control of eastern Europe in order to safeguard against any possible r