storytelling episode(s) analysis game of thrones
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Storytelling Analysis of an extract from Game of Thrones s02e07TRANSCRIPT
Storytelling Episode(s) AnalysisArya and Tywin – A man without honor – S 02 E 07The Castle of Harrenhal
Claudia Tomaciello A.A. 2011/2012
INTRODUCING…CONTEXT
Fictional context What GOT is all about?War for the Iron Throne
Who are they?Arya Stark vs Tywin Lannister
Where are we? (setting)Fantasy-medieval world
TV context What channel is it?HBO (Home Box Office) American cable
Audience25-40 (no kids)
NARRATIVE
How many stories?Two stories (The war + Castle of
Harrenhal)
Story types?Dreaming about future vs
Rememebering Past
“This would be…” “…the coming months”
VSCertainty of past events
LABOV ANALYSIS I
Abstract
The war of five kings they’re calling it
Orientation
This would be my last war
Most reportable event
My legacy would be determined…
Evaluation
This is the one I’ll be remembered for
LABOV ANALYSIS II
Abstract
Harrenhal was built to withstand…
Orientation
H. The Black thought this castle would be his legacy
Complication
Dragons happened/Attack from the air with dragonfire
Resolution
H. and all his sons roasted alive/ Agon changed the rules
Evaluation
Now is a blasted ruin
Coda
That’s why Aegon is rememberd 300 yrs after his death
INTERACTION
How many speakers?Arya and Tywin
TurnsA 4 T 7 (T speaks the most – SS + SA)
Is Arya a passive listener?No, she collaborates (nodding head, arguing)
Collaborative story?Credible or not?
STORY TELLABILITY
Repetitions (lost, war, legacy) Parallelism (children, children’s children) Formulaicity (colloquial ‘roasted alive’) Collocation (dragonfire) Imagery (fortress, walls, towers) Metonymy (dragons -Targaryens/legacy-
heirs) Hyperboles (every child alive, tallest,
greatest) Irony (Student of history, are you?)
VISUAL DETAILS
How the storiesbecome effective
CONCLUSIONS
The point(s) make the story interestingFantastic elementsQuestions T. good storytellerIntonation/Expressions
The evidence(s) make the story credible (shared knowledge)
Collaboration let the story going on(ex. Max’s son in The Homecoming wasn’t
collaborative at all)
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