Steve Neale’s

Steve Neale’s perception is that “genres exist within the context of a set of economic relations and practices”. He says that “genres are not the product of economic factors as such”, and “the conditions provided by the capitalist economy account neither for the existence of the particular genres that have until now been produced, nor for the existence of the conventions that constitute them”. For example in a new episode of a crime every episode has something different or story line like a death or someone goes missing. This happens so it can keep the audience into watching more and not getting bored because of the same story line.

Todorov

Todorov’s narrative theory states that most story’s or plot lines follow the same pattern or path

which has 5 steps. The first part of the story will display a happy part. Then the second part will

display a problem or something bad will happen. The third part is when every starts to realise

what has happened in which starts chaos. The fourth part is when the characters attempt to

solve the problem. The last part is when the problem is resolved and every can be normal

again.