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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