Narrative Structure Research Articles

영상분석을 활용한 충청북도의 유튜브 홍보 전략에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study is to present a developmental model by analyzing the promotion and production strategies of local governments' YouTube channels. When the 8th popular election was launched, Chungcheongbuk-do, which recorded the ‘number of subscribers’ in the lowest ranks in the country, increased the number of subscribers to 3.5 in about a year, winning the grand prize in the ‘SNS of the Year Award’ part of the local government. The promotion and production strategy for YouTube in Chungcheongbuk-do can provide strategies for operating SNS channels of other local governments. The research method examined the causal relationship between the ‘title outlet and video concept’ of the video, and conducted content analysis to derive promotion and production strategies. As a result of analyzing the title concept (emphasis on the place, highlighting the concept) and the video concept (core person, core place, core concept), it was found that there is a causal relationship of the mutual organic narrative structure. The promotion strategies of YouTube in Chungcheongbuk-do were ① policy promotion, ② tourism promotion, ③ agricultural information, and ④ regional image and channel promotion, and the production strategy was ① familiar characters and ② experience highlights, ③ interest increases, and ④ show platform production. This study is meaningful as a study on YouTube channels of a very few local governments, where the number of subscriptions has increased rapidly in a short period of time, and it is worth using it for future local government YouTube research. However, there is a limit to the inability to conduct research on various factors such as production and editing subjects, content indicators (comments, etc.), and subtitles, so I hope that three-dimensional research will be conducted in subsequent studies.

Exploring the Aesthetics of Stream-of- Consciousness Movies Through the Philosophical Lens of Rationality and Irrationality: An Analysis of Bergman’s Wild Strawberries

Stream-of-consciousness movies are a peculiar style of movie influenced by stream-of-consciousness novels, which are characterized by their emphasis on inner thoughts. These movies usually adopt techniques like nonlinear narrative, dream, flashback, and free association, to express the deeper workings of a character’s psyche. Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries is a masterpiece of stream-of-consciousness movies. It reflects many characteristics of stream-of-consciousness films. This paper analyzes Wild Strawberries from both rationalist and irrational philosophical perspectives, with a focus on three main aspects: the aesthetic interpretation of the film, its content and characters, and the narrative structure and threads. It delves deeply into the artistic attributes of stream-of-consciousness films.

Significant Absences: Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Silence and Joyce’s Poetics of the Unspoken


 
 
 This paper discusses an important phase in Ludwig Wittgenstein’s analytic philosophy through a comparative examination of the profound correspondences that exist between his concept of silence and the poetics of another crucial authorial figure of the 20th century: James Joyce. Based on the hypothesis that there are striking resemblances between their early works, that is, between Joyce’s realistic short-story collection Dubliners and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the article employs mostly close-reading, analytical-interpretative and comparative methods. It argues that silence was an intentional intellectual, aesthetic and ethical choice of both these authors, their way to preserve the autonomy of metaphysics and to honour the beauty of the unspoken.
 Starting from their common critical treatment of the habitual and largely alienated speech, the discussion connects Wittgenstein’s philosophical attitudes regarding the imprecision and inadequacy of every-day language and Joyce’s notion of ‘spiritual paralysis’ of the city-life, which he saw as the main motive for writing his collection about fin-desiècle Dublin. On the grounds of their shared views about the limits of words, behind which there are worlds that cannot be properly uttered, the idea of silence – or the highly significant narrative absence – grows to permeate the work of both. In the case of Wittgenstein, it is a call for a new philosophy, or anti-philosophy, which in negating metaphysics in effect preserves its independence from a discursive speech which cannot express it, whereas in the case of Joyce, correspondingly (and almost simultaneously), it is a quest for a new literary mode that will foreground a particular Modernist allusiveness, rhetoric of omission and deliberately incomplete, gnomonical narrative structures.
 
 

Documental interactivo y visualización de datos

Software development has influenced cultural products for years, and documentaries have not been an exception in this revolution. From non-linear and interactive webdocs to participatory, co-created, and transmedia projects, the documen-tary genre has given rise to diverse narrative structures. We analyze how webdocs have devel-oped different strategies when integrating data visualization into their narratives and interfaces. Multimedia content and data visualizations have been gaining prominence over film, and projects that don't use video have been considered docu-mentaries. This has given rise to what we consider the germ of a new genre and a new set of narrative structures.

Poetry as Presence: Working with personae. A survivor's manifesto on poetic practice.

This piece adopts the voice of public declaration to assert poetic practice as survivable resistance to abuses of power. It proposes that poetry is the best means to identify, expose and reconfigure what is implicit in dominant discourses that discredit the way a survivor of sexual assault may communicate. It is found that a poetic use of language that is allusive, evocative and associative can reinvigorate annihilated perspectives so as to add them to public discourse. Poetic methods can be employed to resist and subvert the supposed supremacy of linear and logical narrative structures considered essential for sense making and validity. Furthermore, they can be employed to excavate family and state histories to resurrect, sometimes from fragments, the perspectives of those that have been silenced.

Feature Writing and Stylistics as Media for Local Branding: A Structural Hermeneutic Analysis

Feature writing is a typical journalistic product that contains a combination of news and opinion, with a storytelling style containing human interest and beautiful language. The art of feature writing is more widely understood in the context of entertaining and inspirational reading products rather than as a medium for promotion. The purpose of this study is to make a theoretical analysis to understand the art of feature writing by looking at the substance from the stylistic side that features are more than entertaining reading but are positioned as a medium for local branding. The results show that the morphology of feature writing is built on cohesion and imagery as the dominant elements of stylistics that support the delivery of meaning through the narrative structure. In conclusion, from a structural hermeneutic perspective, stylistic elements in feature writing not only build an entertaining discourse, but objective and informative, which implicitly promotes the locality as local branding.

The #PantamiMustGo political activism: A textual analysis of narrative agency in protest discourse

This study analyses the narrative structure of the #PantamiMustGo hashtag activism in Nigeria. Applying qualitative textual analysis, the study examines the issues that were made salient in the protests and how they were constructed. Through the analysis of narrative agency, the study finds that activists constructed Ali Pantami as a threat to national security and called for his resignation. Two discourse structures were salient in the discursive construction of Ali Pantami and the Buhari government, namely the use of comparison to link the past with the present and the use of labelling as means of constructing social and political insecurity in Nigeria. This study contributes to stressing the role of social media in political activism through narrative agency analysis in the process of negotiating change by people who feel threatened by the apparatus of the state.

Developing a narrative theory of deception for the analysis of mock-Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS) accounts

Human source intelligence (HUMINT) practitioners are concerned with detecting informant deception, and previous research indicates that the verbal content of an informant’s narrative can be used to identify potential deceit. The current study extends previous research by analysing the narrative structure and narrative identity of accounts provided by 22 participants undertaking the role of a mock-informant. Results indicate that deception affects the structure of a mock-informant narrative, with deceptive mock-informants employing abstract introductions and evaluative remarks to withhold information and to distract their listeners with emotional content. Additionally, deceptive mock-informants are more likely to express a low potency narrative role, such as a victim or tragic hero. Furthermore, there is tentative evidence to suggest that an analysis of narrative identity can also provide an indication of varying levels of motivation and cooperation among truthful mock-informants. These findings have implications for HUMINT practitioners in the field and add to the wider body of deception detection research.

A Study of Attribution Theory in Antoine De Saint - Exupery’s the Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery is a nobleman, military aviator, the French author and illustrator of the novella The Little Prince (French Title: Le Petit Prince). Reynal & Hitchcock released it in both English and French for the first time in the United States in April 1943. After France was freed, it was published posthumously there. The narrative structure of the novella centres on a Little Prince who travels to several planets, including Earth, and tackles issues of grief, loneliness, friendship, and love. The Little Prince observes things about adulthood, human nature, and life. This work becomes Saint-Exupery’s most successful work, selling an estimated of 140 million copies around the world which makes it one of the best-selling in history. This book has been translated into 505 different languages and being the second most translated work in the world. This paper tries to implicate the study of Attribution Theory in the renowned novella.

Enlargement of the EU Towards the East: A Pivotal Change in EU’s External Policy?

The EU’s Eastern enlargement in 2004 was marked by the entry of mostly smaller states, whose ability to shape the external direction of the EU was questioned. However, the EU’s response to the war in Ukraine has shown how important the Eastern dimension of external policy is for the EU and that this Easternisation of the EU has occurred precisely in the wake of the 2004 enlargement. This is due to the fact that these states have been able to push their own narratives in the discourse on the EU’s Eastern direction, particularly in the case of the Eastern Partnership. This article analyses the discourse of Central and Eastern European states regarding the Eastern partnership, specifically the narratives of the official documents of three Baltic and four Visegrad group countries in the 2009–2022 period. The analysis made it possible to identify narrative structures and showed that the narratives are relatively similar in the selected countries. Despite the lack of cooperation between the two groups and the West’s neglect of the Eastern Partnership policy, they were able to individually strengthen their position in the EU and maintain the discussion about the Eastern Partnership at the EU level as a result.

A Design Language for Prototyping and Storyboarding Data-Driven Stories

Data-driven stories (DDS) are digital forms of storytelling that arrange data and visualizations to communicate a narrative of information to an audience. They have been growing rapidly over the past decades. As a result, a great degree of versatility appears in the forms of published DDS. The recent structures of DDS are more complex, respecting their arrangement, composition, features, and inner parts. In the current academic research, neither storytelling techniques nor any taxonomies suggest visual mechanisms to distinguish between different layouts, compositions, and arrangements. The lack of an expressive visual solution that integrates different parts of DDS under one structure prevents the authors from trying more alternative design paths in the story design process. In this proposed work, we unify all the constructing parts of DDS to define the narrative structure as a visually structured representation of the DDS narrative, which is formed and designed by their constructing elements. This solution proposes a design language consisting of a set of design rules that integrate the visual elements to represent the DDS narrative structure. Our evaluation of the audit process out of 100 DDS examples confirms that the design language is comprehensive, expressive, and versatile. Additionally, we developed DataStoryDesign, a system that incorporates this visual solution to facilitate prototyping and storyboarding DDS for a team of DDS authors. The preliminary result of the exploratory evaluation indicates that such a solution is effective in prototyping and storyboarding DDS. In addition, our findings confirmed that the existence of our design language improves the visual communication between different personas in the DDS production workflow.

Form Follows Fiction

A Narration is an act of carefully choosing specific or critical occasions through time and relating them in a particular arrangement. The narrative comes into its presence when spoken to through expressive verbalized shapes such as dialect, portray, or engineering. It takes in time and settings which are variable. Be that as it may, the thought in the story remains consistent. One can describe the same story in numerous diverse ways by the set of connections between all the characters. Additionally, building involvement as narration can shift depending on who is encountering and when, but the set of connections in design remains the same and that is called the Structure of Narration, Account structure comprises the parts, the relationship between those parts, and the meaning or reason that these relationships serve.

Invitations Within and Beyond the Fictitious World: An LDA Discourse Analysis of Female Game Preferences in Chinese CMC Forums

Throughout the conventionally masculine video game culture worldwide, the existing literature on video game preferences mainly focuses on the West, overlooking Chinese female gamers, who make up the largest female gamer population globally. This study aims to explore their preferences by analyzing responses from four female-exclusive video game forums. Using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) Topic Model, 1321 responses were analyzed, extracting females’ preferences into six dimensions: characters, design, genre, narrative, engagement, and experience. This multifaceted research offers preliminary insights into female gaming experience. Our findings highlight the evolving portrayal and preference of game characters, a complex interplay between aesthetic appeal, genre, and the intriguing relationship between game narratology and empathy. The study further explores how narrative structures in video games can evoke empathy, and advance understanding of females’ engagement and flow experience in the virtual world, challenging conventional assumptions and expanding the understanding of player interaction with digital media.

Multimodal representations of LOVE and PASSION in Lithuanian graphic novel “Gertruda. Graphic diary of generation Y”, by G. JORD

ABSTRACT In this research we aim to analyse the multimodal representations of the concepts of LOVE and PASSION in Lithuanian graphic novel ‘Gertrūda’, by Gerda Jord. The multimodal approach, that combines textual, visual, and semiotic analysis is applied in the research. In the work of these researchers, the analysis of the conceptualisation of emotions is based on the explorations by cognitive linguistics. The analysis of the multimodal nature of graphic novels particularly as it relates to the portrayal of complex emotions such as LOVE and PASSION, remains relatively undeveloped. The research revealed that the source domains for LOVE expose concepts of CLOSENESS, UNITY, MORAL VIRTUE and for PASSION source domains encompass PRESSURE IN THE CONTAINER, CREATIVITY, PHYSICAL POWER, and HEAT of the SUN. The investigation scrutinises the intertextual, visual, and narrative elements present in ‘Gertruda.’ We explore how the characters’ interactions, visual symbolism, and narrative structure contribute to the representation of LOVE and PASSION within the context of a post-Soviet Lithuanian society. Additionally, we consider the socio-cultural and historical backdrop of Lithuania to provide a holistic understanding of how these emotions are intricately woven into the narrative fabric of the graphic novel.

The narrative structure of Yu. P. Kazakov's short story "Arcturus the Hound Dog"

The article presents a narrative analysis of Yu.P. Kazakov's short story "Arcturus the Hound Dog", which refers to the animalistic prose of the writer. The main purpose of the analysis is to consider the organization of the narrative in prose, since the narrative features of the work allow us to characterize the writer's idiosyncrasy in detail. Research objectives: to identify the features of the narrative; to get acquainted with the works devoted to the research topic; to turn to the historical and cultural context; identify the types of narrators; correlate the perspective and narrative plan with them. The relevance of the work is due to the fact that more and more studies are interested in narrative structures, as they allow us to determine the nature of the work and the poetics of Kazakov's stories. Despite the fact that many works are devoted to the early story "Arcturus the Hound Dog", not all of them differ in precise terminology and logical conclusions. So, we will attempt to challenge one of the points of view on the analyzed work. The study of the issue was based on a structural and semantic analysis. Formal, biographical and psychological methods were also used in the study. In the course of the work, the features of the narrative of the story were discovered. We came to the following conclusions: 1. The narrative is based on the principle of opposition of perspectives: an "internal - external" point of view (Innenperspektive - Außenperspektive) 2. The writer introduces three types of narrator into the canvas of the text: exegetic (omniscient, taking an indirect part in the action of the story), diegetic (active, directly appearing in the plot as a character) and lyrical (reflective, feeling, which manifests itself more on a spiritual level). The discovery of the latter in the canvas of the text determines the novelty of the study of the literary heritage of Yu. P. Kazakov. 3. Thus, the lyrical type of the narrator determines the poetics of Kazakov's lyrical prose, discovers difficult-to-grasp subtexts in the narrative and introduces a special rhythm into the analyzed story.

'I Can't Get No Satisfaction'… Experience in the treatment, satisfaction, and professional support of young depressed people using SPARX.

Depression in young people is common and can lead to poor long-term outcomes. Digital therapies are a promising means of promoting access to care. Currently, among the digital treatments for depression in adolescents recognized by the NICE guidelines, there is SPARX (Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-factor), based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT. This narrative review aimed to evaluate: 1) Who were the depressed young people who used SPARX and what was their experience with the treatment? 2) Were users satisfied with the SPARX treatment? Did the youth's perceived level of satisfaction with using SPARX impact completion rates? 3) What was the role of professionals (researchers, consultants, teachers) in the SPARX studies? Has their support in running SPARX affected completion rates? A narrative review of the English literature was performed. The articles were searched in Pubmed, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases (from 2012 to 2023) with keywords such as 'SPARX,' depression' and 'young adult'. Of 557 papers, 18 were included in our review. The young people who used SPARX were students or adolescents from special help-seeker populations at risk or with mild to moderate depression. The highest satisfaction levels were present in users of primary health services, such as general practice and counseling services. The support of the school counselor and experts in mental health clinicians was instrumental in impacting user satisfaction and completion rates. The personalization of the game in terms of user culture - symbols, language, norms, values, and artifacts; the customization of the avatar, the gender identity; the narrative structure; the presence of a guide character (virtual therapist); the CBT homework seemed to represent crucial SPARX characteristics related to satisfaction and completion rates. Our narrative review provides an overview of the main results of using SPARX with interesting considerations that may suggest improvements for broader use and diffusion of this digital treatment.

The Fog of Narration in the Bamboo Grove and the Non-existent "Truth"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a Bamboo Grove" is a typical text for the study of "unreliable narration", with a novel and unique narrative structure composed entirely of the testimonies of four people and the confessions of three suspects. However, the overlapping of these seven layers of "first-person" narratives ultimately leads to the loss of "truth". Through "rhetorical method", "cognitive method" and the perspectives of "grammatical person", we can try to study the unreliability of the text, and then, through the heavy narrative mist in the bamboo grove, discover the "truth" that Ryunosuke Akutagawa intends to share with his readers through this complex narrative structure, namely his skepticism about human nature. This "skepticism" tendency of his stems from both personal trauma and the social factors of the time; it creates contradictions in his thoughts and also feeds his literary motifs.

Feminist Interpretations of Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits stands as a significant work within feminist literature, offering a profound exploration of gender, power dynamics, and societal norms within the context of Chilean society. Through the intertwining stories of Clara, Blanca, and Alba, Allende navigates themes of female agency, resilience, and resistance against patriarchal constraints. This paper examines the feminist interpretations of The House of the Spirits, delving into the portrayal of female characters, the narrative structure, and the novel’s engagement with feminist discourse. By analyzing the historical and cultural context, character dynamics, and thematic richness of the novel, we uncover the ways in which Allende challenges traditional gender roles and amplifies the voices of women within the literary landscape.

Temporal Journeys and Human Perception: Analyzing Nonlinear Narratives and Scientific Fantasy in the Film Arrival

This paper explores the nuanced interaction between temporal journeys, nonlinear narratives, and human perception, using the highly acclaimed film Arrival as its focal point. Drawing from theoretical frameworks in time perception, cognitive psychology, and narrative theory, we investigate the convergence of these perspectives in the analysis of nonlinear storytelling. The literature review encompasses studies on the impact of nonlinear narratives on audience perception, relevant theories on time cognition, and scholarly works dissecting Arrival within the science fiction genre. The film analysis section dissects Arrival, highlighting its nonlinear narrative structure, the portrayal of temporal journeys, and the role of language in shaping temporal perception. The paper explores how Arrival challenges traditional notions of time and reality, scrutinizing cognitive aspects like memory and consciousness, and the linguistic impact on temporal understanding. The scientific fantasy within Arrival, notably linguistic relativity, is scrutinized for its balance between scientific grounding and fantastical elements. Audience reception and impact investigate how nonlinear narratives, exemplified by Arrival, influence audience expectations, preferences, and broader cinematic trends. The paper concludes with reflections on the implications of Arrival within the context of temporal journeys, human perception, and the lasting impact on the science fiction genre.

Interpreting the Multiple Narrative Perspectives in Three of Us from the Stream of Consciousness

Three of 'us is Yang Jiang' s review of the happy life about her two family members and herself in the past, so as to express her love to them. The narration of the book is plain and simple, the tone is moderate, and the narrative angle is diverse. The author mainly promotes the development of narrative plot through her free association and the transformation of dream, so as to make the narrative structure more compact. The adoption of the stream of consciousness technique contributes to the transformation of multiple narrative perspectives, and the two complement each other. The successful transformation of the narrative perspective also shows the effect of the stream of consciousness technique in the article.