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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.

3 (end of 2nd Movement)


The four narrative archetypes (after Liszka, The Semiotic of Myth)

Emphasis on Victory Emphasis on Defeat

Comedy Romance Tragedy Irony/Satire

A hero overturns an A hero defends a A hero fails to overturn A hero fails to defend a
undesirable order (Luke desirable order (The an undesirable order desirable order, because
in Star Wars) Phantom Menace) (Hamlet) that order turns out to be
undesirable (No Country
for Old Men)

The four narrative archetypes expressed as Major and Minor modes in expressive genres (Hatten’s term)

Heroic Action

Romance (Major to Major) Tragedy (Minor to Minor)


Defeat
Victory

Defeat
Comedy (Minor to Major) Irony (Major to Minor)
Cultural Order

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