2. Roland Barthes
‘Roland Barthes describes a text as:
"a galaxy of signifiers, not a structure of signifieds;
it has no beginning; it is reversible; we gain access
to it by several entrances, none of which can be
authoritatively declared to be the main one; the
codes it mobilizes extend as far as the eye can read,
they are indeterminable...the systems of meaning
can take over this absolutely plural text, but their
number is never closed, based as it is on the infinity
of language..." (S/Z - 1974 translation)’ –
mediaknowall.com
3. Robert McKee
Mckee studies “the elements of story, like
structure, setting, genre and character, and the
"principles of story design", like crisis, and
climax and resolution. If this makes it sound like
a formula, it isn't. "Anxious, inexperienced
writers obey rules," says McKee in his
introduction to the book. "Rebellious,
unschooled writers break rules. Artists master
the form.”’ – www.independent.co.uk
4. Christopher Vogler
Christopher Vogler says, “The paradigm that follows
illustrates the “traditional” Hero’s Journey as seen
in the majority of stories. As you explore the film
and genre analyses that follow, you’ll find that the
Hero’s Journey provides a flexible and adaptable
model with the potential for an infinite variety of
shapes and progressions of Stages. The Journey’s
Stages may be avoided, repeated, or shifted about
depending upon the needs of the individual story. ”
– Google Scholar
