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List of story structures
Summary
A story structure is how to unify a story's elements under an expected order, which can include events, theme, tone, character, and so on, which is not always located in the plot. These can be works of Narrative such as a book, poem, usually received by the consumer in written form or Dramatic (also known as dramaturgical structure) such as play, film, or television which are often presented to the viewer in visual and audio form. There are different kinds of story structures worldwide which have been hypothesized by critics, writers, and scholars over time. This article covers the range of story structures from around the world: how the acts are structured and what the center of the story is supposed to be about widely varies by region and time period.
The structure is:
Tell riddles to test the audience.
Audience becomes a chorus and comments on the story.
Usually there is a ritual ending.
A story structure commonly found in West Africa told by Griot storytellers, who tell their stories orally. Famous stories from this tradition include Anansi folktales. This storytelling type had influence on later African American, Creole, and Caribbean African diaspora stories.
The story structure is as follows:
Opening formula-includes jokes and riddles to engage audience participation. Then a solemn beginning.
The body/expository section - narration of the tale, setting up the characters and the events, defining the conflict, with storyteller singing, dancing, shouting and inviting the audience to join. The storyteller uses a language full of images and symbolism.
The conclusive formula - closure of the story and the moral.
The central driver of the story is memory.
Robleto is a story form that originates from Nicaragua. It’s named after Robert Robleto, though the structure is much older than him and discovered by Cheryl Diermyer, an outsider, in 2010
It is made of:
Line of Repetition
Introduction
Climax
Journeys
Close
Harawi (genre)
Harawi is an ancient traditional genre of Andean music and also indigenous lyric poetry.
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