Module Descriptors
INTRODUCTION TO NARRATOLOGY
XXET40217
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Stephen Webley
Email: S.J.Webley@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
Bateman C (July 2006). Game Writing Narrative Skills for Videogames. USA: Charles River Media, ISBN-10: 1584504900

Wardrip-Fruin N (April 2006). First Person: New Media as Story, Performance and Game. USA: The MIT Press, ISBN-10: 0262731754

Crawford C (Oct 2004). Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling. USA: New Riders, ISBN-10: 0321278909

Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Learning Strategies
3 hours per week Interactive lecture.
(1:n)3
Module Indicative Content
In this module students learn the mechanisms by which a narrative is constructed and the importance it has to certain types of games. Students learn this by studying the following:-

- Introduction to narrative and narratology
- Ludology and narratology
- Narrative structures
- Story types
- Branching narrative
- Plot and points of view
- Linearity

- The character and character development
- The story arc

Module Additional Assessment Details

An assignment length typically 3000 words weighted at 100% assessing Learning outcomes 1 and 2.
Module Resources
Microsoft Office