1. December 15, 2010
Objective/Title: Learn and evaluate the use V. Propp’s character types in the narrative text.
Starter
Write a short story that includes at least five of the 31 functions that Propp outlined in narrative theory.
Ten Minutes

2. Propp’s Character Types
The villain (struggles against the hero)
The donor (prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object)
The (magical) helper (helps the hero in the quest)
The princess (person the hero marries, often sought for during the narrative)
Her father
The dispatcher (character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off)
The hero or victim/seeker hero, reacts to the donor, weds the princess

3. Task 2
Watch Shakespeare’s Othello
Identify the character types

4. Questions to Respond to
What effect does the lack of a character type have on the audience?
How do different character types impact how we feel about the climax of the narrative?
How and why has Shakespeare manipulated the use of the various character types?
How are different character types revealed?