lecture 11
1) what did A. J. Greimas propose?
the actantial model
2)when was that ?
during the sixties
3)what was it based on?
the theories of Vladimir Propp
4)what is the actantial model ?
a tool that can theoretically be used to analyze any real or thematized action
5)In the actantial model an action may be broken down into how many components?
6
6)what are those components called?
actants.
7) what are actants?
Actantial analysis consists of assigning each element of the action being described to one of the actantial classes
8) what are the Actantial Models ?
the subject (the hero of the story, who undertakes the main action )
the objects (what the subject is directed toward )
the helper (helps the subject reach the desired object )
the opponent (hinders the subject in his progression )
the sender (initiates the relation between the subject and the object)
the receiver (the element for which the object is desired)
9)The actants must not be confused with characters because ?
1)An actant can be an abstraction (the city, Eros, God, liberty, peace, the nation, etc), a collective character (the soldiers of an army) or even a group of several characters.
2)A character can simultaneously or successively assume different actantial functions
3)An actant can be absent from the stage or the action and its presence can be limited to its presence in the discourse of other speakers
10) what does Greimas say about actant?
an extrapolation of the syntactic structure of a narrative. An actant is identified with what assumes a syntactic function in the narrative.
11)how many axes are there ?
3
12) The six actants are divided into what ?
three oppositions, each of which forms an axis of the actantial description
13) what is the axis od desire?
subject and object
14) the axis of power?
helper and opponent
15)axis of transmission ?
the sender and receiver
16) what is the relationship between the subject and the object called ?
junction.
17) what kind of junction is the Prince wanting the Princess ?
conjunction
18) what kind of junction is a murderer succeeds in getting rid of his victim's body ?
disjunction.