36 Dramatic Situations
1. Asking/Begging for help
2. Deliverance 3. Crime pursuit by vengeance 4. Vengeance taken for kindred upon kindred 5. Pursuit 6. Disaster 7. Falling prey to cruelty or misfortune 8. Revolt 9. Daring enterprise 10. Abduction 11. Enigma 12. Obtaining 13. Enmity of kinsmen 14. Rivalry of kinsmen 15. Murderous adultery 16. Madness 17. Fatal impudence 18. Involuntary crimes of love 19. Slaying of kinsmen unrecognized 20. Self-sacrifice for an ideal 21. All-sacrificed for a passion 22. Necessity of sacrificing loved ones 23. Self-sacrifice for kindred 24. Rivalry of superior and inferior 25. Adultery 26. Crimes of love 27. Discovery of the dishonor of a loved one 28. Obstacles to love 29. An enemy loved 30. Ambition 31. Conflict with a god 32. Mistaken jealousy 33. Erroneous judgment 34. Remorse 35. Recovery of a lost one 36. Loss of loved ones |
Vladimir Propp's Functions of Narrative
1. Abstentation
2. Interdiction 3. Violation 4. Reconnaissance 5. Delivery 6. Trickery 7. Complicity 8. Villainy 9. Lack 10. Mediation 11. Counteraction 12. Departure 13. First Donor Function 14. Hero's Reaction 15. Receipt of Agent 16. Guidance 17. Struggle 18. Victory 19. Liquidation 20. Return 21. Pursuit 22. Return 23. Pursuit 24. Rescue 25. Unrecognized arrival 26. Unfounded claims 27. Difficult task 28. Solution 29. Recognition 30. Exposure 31. Transfiguration 32. Punishment 33. Wedding |