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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Linguistics
  • Visual Studies

Background:

  • Narratives are fundamental to human expression across various visual forms.
  • Limited research exists on the structure and comprehension of narrative images.
  • Understanding meaning-making in sequential images remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel theory of Narrative Grammar.
  • To analyze the structure and comprehension of narrative images.
  • To extend the understanding of visual discourse.

Main Methods:

  • Describing basic narrative categories and their relation to a canonical narrative arc.
  • Reconsidering the canonical arc as a generative schema for tree structures.
  • Interpreting narrative pacing through patterns of embedding and constituency.

Main Results:

  • A theoretical framework for Narrative Grammar is proposed.
  • Narrative pacing is linked to specific tree structures and embedding patterns.
  • Diagnostic methods for testing narrative categories are outlined.

Conclusions:

  • The theory provides a new lens for analyzing visual narratives.
  • Narrative Grammar can be applied to sequential images, film, and verbal discourse.
  • This work offers a comparative analysis with existing narrative and discourse theories.