Narrative Theorists: Tzvetan Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory

This blog posts will shown some example of Tzvetan’s theory and explain it.

Tzvetan’s theory states that there are 5 stages in most stories, these being:

• Equilibrium

• Disruption of equilibrium

• Recognition of disruption

• Attempted resolution of equilibrium

• Restoration or new equilibrium

An example of this could be Star Wars, A New Hope where the main character (Luke) is living a normal life until he asked wether he wants to be trained as Jedi then gets capture try’s to stop the evil and a new equilibrium is set.