Purpose of narrative

Purpose of narration

Narrative derives from the latin verb narrare, which means 'to recount'.

Along with exposition, argumentation and description, narration, broadly defined, is one of four rhetorical modes of discourse. More narrowly defined, it is the fiction-writing mode whereby the narrator communicates directly to the reader.

dramatic structure of narratives are

• exposition (the introduction of setting, situation and main characters);

• complication (the event that introduces the conflict);

• rising action, crisis (the decisive moment for the protagonist and his commitment to a course of action);

• climax (the point of highest interest in terms of the conflict and the point with the most action);

• resolution (the point when the conflict is resolved); and

• moral (the learning from the story, why the actors or players in the story did what they did; was it good, was it bad, did it have a good reason for doing so, was it guided by good choices; were these choices the founding value of the society the people live in)

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/What_is_the_purpose_of_a_narrative

I want to explore a little of the science behind narrative and why they have developed it on such a way. (could this be genetic?)

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/05/can-science-explain-why-we-tell-stories.html

This comment is from one of the film directors of the 3D animated film, by Disney, TANGLED:

"The story is an acorn from which everything else grows"

NATHAN: "I think everything comes from story. If your story’s not working, if your sequences aren't right, then you have nothing...Your story will tell you what your lighting needs to look like, what your characters should be designed like, all of those things. If you don’t have your story down, if you don’t have your beat board working, I don’t know how you do the rest. That’s why with animated films, even with some of the Disney ones that haven’t been as strong, the ones that haven’t worked, it’s because their story wasn't in place."

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/01/28/nathan-greno-and-byron-howard-on-tangled-animation-storytelling-and-their-next-action-movie/