Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
Another model of structure: the structure in four parts or "without conflict"
A course by Natalia Méndez , Editor and teacher
About the video: Another model of structure: the structure in four parts or "without conflict"
Overview
“This structure is not well known, but it is quite used. If we start analyzing some works, we will find it. A structure where the conflict does not appear or is not the central axis of the narrative.”
In this video lesson Natalia Méndez addresses the topic: Another model of structure: the structure in four parts or "without conflict", which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books. Learn the basic components of a story to create tales for children.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now let's think on another structure model. This structure is posed in four parts or in four acts and it is also known as structure without conflict. Unlike which we thought of in the previous election, we thought of it in three acts or, at the most, in five. But now let's think in four parts. This structure comes from a Japanese tradition of poetry. Then I'm going to leave information below with some reference data so they can investigate a little more. It is not used as much in the West and is newer for us if we think so, in terms of structure. But when we put to analyze some stories, we ...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Children’s Books
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Natalia Méndez
A course by Natalia Méndez
Natalia Méndez has been working as a publisher of books for children and young people since 2002.
It has its own artisan publishing label, called "Dábale arroz", together with Eduardo Abel Giménez and a very small ceramic and mini-book business "A la zorra".
She obtained a scholarship as a researcher from the Internationale Jugendbibliothek in Munich and, in 2012, participated in the Frankfurt Fellowship program at the Frankfurt Book Fair. And in addition, he gives classes in the Publishing and Literature career (UBA), training for writers (Casa de Letras) and training for children's book publishers.
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