Oral storytelling

“The closer you get, the less you will see.” It is one of the famous quotes from the movie called “ Now You See Me”. I like this movie since it does not have many emotion or special feelings to all audiences, only logic, suspense, and intense. I like magic, therefore, I like this fantastic movie. Additionally, it is not only about magic or suspense, but also it included many academic knowledge from different fields such as statistics and chemistry, etc. Honestly, after enjoying this movie, I…

In this storytelling ‘Shadow of a Doubt,’ the principles of narrative telling are depicted. From the plot, the movie is constructed in a story perspective that heightens a pattern from the opening scenes to the closing of the picture. Nevertheless, the utilization of salient techniques often dictates the flow of the story. From the distinct movie lighting, the soundtrack and its creaking sound make it a compelling narrative for the audience. At the cusp of the movie era, black and white…

In the story “The Leap,” the narrator effectively displayed forms of a leap; in a physical way and emotional way. The use of first-person narration is efficacious in conveying the message in a powerful way. The narrator created her mother’s character by using stories that she most likely heard from her mother and built it from her point of view. This aided me as a reader to visualise her mother’s character in her perspective, a daredevil, but a loving, caring and heroic mother. The contrast the…

and telling. Notably, the young narrator is retelling his father’s story of a young man from Canna who told himself and his twin brother their grandfather’s story. This demonstrates how Vision is metafictive and draws attention to the nature of storytelling. As the narrator explains, “it is the telling of a story about a story but like most stories it has spun off into others and perhaps no story ever really stands on its own” (MacLeod, 162). The narrator must wend his way through various…

(After intro) Vladimir Propp was a Russian folklorist and scholar whose contributions are both enormously important and highly accessible for the understanding of narratives found on television and in the media in general. Propp argues that there are 31 different series of rules and functions that all narratives follow. In “Propp, de Saussure, and the Narrative” Arthur Berger breaks down the 31 different rules and functions, the first function is the initial situation in which the main character…

Tales of things that go bump in the dark have excited people for as long they have existed. Tales differ from region to region. Scotland is known for some of the most unique mythology and stories on the planet. From skin loosing selkies to magnificent warriors, Scotland is home to many crazy and unique pieces of folklore. The main pieces of folklore that stick out are: The many creatures that inhabit Scotland , the different creation stories, the ulster cycle , and fairies. Mysterious creatures…

Like any young child growing up fairy tales were everything. They were begged for at night time when sleep was scarce. Fate, a prince, and a princess basically ruled the world of adolescent literature novels. They were a fun way to hear about the mighty knight defeating the dragon to meet the gorgeous princess who was so cruelly locked away. With the thought of telling fairy tales were only for children, film industries are transforming the fairy tale into a realm away from children. While…

Smoke Signals: The Importance of Story Telling Most of us are familiar with storytelling, being told stories throughout our lives. Story telling plays a huge role in Native American culture. Stories are told within households and communities to richen the relations and bonds between people. In Sherman Alexie’s film Smoke Signals, stories are used to show relationships between Suzy Song, Victor Builds-The-Fire, and Thomas Joseph which is illustrated in the stories shared between them. In the…

The retelling of the tale of Rama According to A.K. Ramanujan’s schema, the retelling is a mix of both iconic as well as indexical; however not symbolic. An iconic retelling is one that has the same or similar structure to the main story as well as a similar plot. we can see that in the video that the Rama story is extremely similar in structure and plot to the story of the American couple. Indexical retelling applies as well, seeing that the structure and plot are similar between the two…

and in the process turns to drugs. there is seen a clear pattern of need for story telling, suffering, In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin I will argue how that Sonny’s Blues implemented all three issues of suffering, function of storytelling, and the need for witness and testify, and how different types of suffering can connect together. When discussing the role for witness and testifying there is a big gap between Sonny and the Narrator views. Throughout the story their is…