• Tzvetan Todorov is a Franco-Bulgarian philosopher. He

has lived in France since 1963 with his wife Nancy

Huston and their two children, writing books and essays

about literary theory, thought history and culture theory.

• Todorov, suggests that all narratives follow a three part

structure. They begin with equilibrium, where everything is

balanced, progress as something comes along to disrupt that

equilibrium, and finally reach a resolution, when equilibrium is

restored.