PRN Childs 20/09/2011

SUB-FUNCTION MEANS

Plot line or theme unrecognised fatal flaw the debt that eternal spider and fly boy meets gift taken the hero who
virtue must be paid triangle girl (etc.) away cannot be
kept down
Viewpoint universal personal sole dual a number of omnipotent/ pet the earth 2nd person article of
narrator universal protagonist protagonists characters deity beneath our (‘you’) clothing
(3rd person, narrator feet
‘s/he’) (1st person,
‘I/we’)
Form tragedy comedy farce whodunnit drama sci-fi horror thriller musical soap

Setting city town village countryside fantasy world space sea air prison virtual

Period past present future unspecified simultaneous specific scientific scientific within lifetime/
past, present, historical prediction prediction one day several
future (likely ) (SciFi) lifetimes
Tense past present future past present/past, (any
historic etc combination)
Philosophy/ who are you what do you atheist theist science save the monarchy poverty as romantic fortress as the
symbolism want will destroy us Planet as greed/ education love as hope strength of
oppression for mankind human spirit

Protagonist (the man woman child teenager animal alien robot god crowd foreigner
major character)

Other major woman man teenager child alien animal god crowd robot furniture/
character(s) house
Principal friends lovers political ally travelling colleagues pet/owner slave/owner servant/ debtor/ rivals
relationship(s) partners master creditor

Morphological chart for fictional narratives (Plot lines, etc., can be inverted. Items can be plural or single) (Childs (2007, 2011)).