The 5 Narrative codes.

The 5 codes.

We put these 5 codes into practice when closely analysing The Royal Tenenbaums.

Action code - Applies to any action that implies a further narrative action. For example, a gunslinger draws his gun on an adversary and we wonder what the resolution of this action will be.

Enigma Code - Refers to any element in a story that is not explained and therefore, exists as an enigma for the audience, raising query that will eventually deman an explanation.

The Semantic code - Any element in a text that suggests a partticular additional meaning by relyin on connation.

The cultural code - Any element in a narrative that refers "to a science or a ody of knowledge" in other words the cultural codes generally tend to point to peoples shared knowledge aout the way the world works.

The Symloic code - To understand the symolic code you need to first understand 'Binary opposites'. Levi Straus believed that the world was split into a series of ' binary opposites' essentially one thing which can only be defined in relation to something that isnt. For Example, A hero is only a hero if there is a coward. So therefore the symbolic code is between a hero and a coward.

Ideology code - An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things as a belief which helps explain the world around us. My way of looking at things is... when I die I will be remembered, a memory I beleive that I wont be reancarnated. People who kill should be punished, by saying they should be killed infers my nature is just as cruel as theres, and child abusers should be torcherd.