CONCEPT ATTAINMENT MODELCreated by Skinner

RETCON

• Definition: a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency.

• Most often seen in comic books, this concept has become more visible in all forms of media.

STORYTELLING DEVICES

Nonlinear structure Retcon First Person Perspective

Comic books Movies Fictional literature

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES YOU CAN THINK OF?

• Think of both positive examples of retcons and negative examples

WHAT ARE THE TRAITS OF A RETCON?

• Think about all the things they have in common from the examples that you have all come up with.

EXAMPLES: POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?