Todorov's Theory

Todorov came up with a theory that most narrative storylines include similar conventions, his theory argued that many storylines had 5 common conventions and that many story’s follow these conventions. These 5 conventions are:

• There is an equilibrium
• Some sort of problem disrupts this equilibrium
• The characters realise that there is a disruption of equilibrium
• They attempt to fix the problem
• Returns to equilibrium or new equilibrium