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Exam Lesson 2Introduction to Genre ZigZag Education,
2013Photocopiable/digital resources may only be copied by the
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Aims
To understand the components that make up genre.
To be confident in identifying a range of different genres.
To be familiar with narrative theories and character types.
To be an independent enquirer (SEAL/PLTS).
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What Does Genre Mean?
Come up with a definition for the term genre.
How many different genres can you name?
Pick one of the genres you have listed; how do you recognise
it?
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NICS
Narrative
Iconography
Characters
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Which genre?Look at the following film posters and textually
analyse them in terms of NICS. You should decide which genre(s) the
poster belongs to.Scream:
http://www.impawards.com/1996/scream.htmlShrek the Third:
http://www.impawards.com/2001/shrek_ver3.htmlThe Expendables 2:
http://www.impawards.com/2012/expendables_two_ver3.htmlExtension
task The Artist:
http://www.impawards.com/intl/france/2011/artist_ver2.html *
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What genre?
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*What genre?
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*What genre?
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What genre?
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NarrativeTzvetan Todorov
Equilibrium A sense of normality, the calm before the storm.
Disruption The point where the story changes; a death, an event
a situation.
Restoration Where normality is restored; they all live happily
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Characters
Vladimir Propps Character Types
1. The villain 2. The donor (or provider) 3. The helper 4. The
princess and her father 5. The dispatcher 6. The hero 7. The false
hero
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Vladimir Propp broke up fairy tales into sections.
The 8 Roles1. The villain(s) 2. The hero 3. The donor - who
provides an object with some magic property. 4. The helper who aids
the hero. 5. The princess (the sought for person) - reward for the
hero and object of the villain's schemes. 6. Her father - who
rewards the hero. 7. The dispatcher - who sends the hero on his
way. 8. The false heroWhat Does Propp do?
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The villain(s)The heroThe donorThe helper who aids the heroThe
princessThe dispatcher The false heroThe father
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Activity Pick a well-known fairy tale from the list:
Sleeping BeautySnow WhiteJack and the
BeanstalkCinderellaFrozen
Apply Todorovs narrative theory.Equilibrium Disruption
Restoration
Apply Propps character types and comment on their traits.
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The villain(s)The heroThe helper who aids the heroThe
princessThe false heroCinderella follows the conventional ideas of
Propps fairytale idea holding most roles from his theory.
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Watch the Following Clip
Fill in the worksheet.
Comment on the narrative structure of the clip apply
Todorov.
Comment on the different character types that you can see are
they stereotypes? apply Propp.
Are these conventional of the genre?*
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Learning Log
Fill out the learning log
State one thing you have learnt today.
Write down one thing that you didnt quite understand and would
like some more explanation.
Write down one thing you would like to / need to find out more
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Reviewing the Aims
To understand the components that make up genre.
To be confident in identifying a range of different genres.
To be familiar with narrative theories and character types.
To be an independent enquirer (SEAL/PLTS).
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