Todorov's Theory

Tzvetan Todorov's theory is a narrative theory that studies the devices and conventions governing the organisation of a story (fictional or factual) into a sequence. Todorov suggested that stories begin with an equilibrium where any potentially opposing forcesare in balance. This is disrupted by some event, setting in chain a series of events. Problems are solved so that order can be restored to the world of thefiction.

The diagram below shows the three different stages that his theroy supported.