· Main focus: focused not on character but in function. What matters it's not who you are in the play but what you do in it, it's about functions.
· Main actantial functions:
Subject - the person that it's performing the action.
Object - idea, thing, person... that the object is pursuing.
Helper - idea, thing, person... that contributes to the subject getting the object).
Opponent - idea, thing, person... who try to stop the subject from getting the object.
-Example: 'Lost' TV series.
Subject: John Locke.
Object: make those who left the island return in order to save those who were left behind there.
Helper: Jacob (he helps John to get out from the island).
Opponent: Ben (he doesn't want him to succeed).
{The other way round}
Subject: Ben.
Object: return to the island and become the leader again.
Helper: Jack (he helps him to convince the rest to go back).
Opponent: John Locke (he interferes in his plans though John is not aware of that).
Careful with spelling mistakes in some basic words (ACTANTIAL, etc.).
ReplyDeleteI see you've corrected it; well done. "Lost" is such a complex text that it has become useful as an example for many subjects.
ReplyDeleteGood.