NARRATIVE THEORY:

Ronand Barthes:

• Suggests that narrative works with five different codes which active the reader to make sense of it.

Barthes' Codes:

• Actions - A narrative device by which a resolution is produced through action e.g. a shoot out.
• Enigma - A narrative device that teases the audience by presenting a puzzle or riddle to be solved. Works to delay the storys ending pleasurably.
• Symobolic - Connotations
• Semics - Denotations
• Cultural - A narrative device which the audience can easily recognise as being part of a culture e.g. a "mad man" in a gangster film is part of the mafia culture.