Tzveten Todorov

In media terms, narrative is the organisation given to a series of facts. The human mind needs narrative to make sense of things. We connect events and make interpretations based on these connections. In everything we seek a beginning, a middle and an end.

Todorov's theory of narrative:

1. State of equilibrium (all as it should be)
2. Disruption of that order (by event)
3. A recognition that the disorder has occurred.
4. An attempt to repair the damage of the disruption.
5. A restoration of a new equilibrium.

He argues that narrative involves a transformation. The characters or the situations are transformed through the progress of disruption.

Born March 1, 1939. He published 21 books.