Exam Lesson 2Introduction to Genre ZigZag Education, 2013Photocopiable/digital resources may only be copied by the purchasing institution on a single site and for their own use *

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

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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 *

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 every after.*

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?

The villain(s)The heroThe donorThe helper who aids the heroThe princessThe dispatcher The false heroThe father

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.

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.

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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 about.*

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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