Tzvetan Todorov


Tzvetan Todorov was a Bulgarian-French literary critic and philosopher. Unfortunately, he died in early 2017.

His most prominent theory is his narrative theory, in which it suggests that all narratives follow a structure where they begin with an equilibrium, where everything is balanced and happy. It will progress to the stage of disruption, which is caused by an event. Eventually, the narrative will reach the stage of resolution in which characters will realise what the problem is and all chaos will let loose. The next step is restored order which is when characters attempt to restore the problem. After this, equilibrium is resolved and normality for the characters can resume again.

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