Narrative theory studies the devices and conventions governting the organisation of a story into a text. We have always been surrounded by stories such as fairy tales and myths, religious storys like the Bible, scientific storys about the unknown universe, cultural plays, tv dramas and even paintings. Every day newspapers tell new stories where they are true or not, and dreams in a way are little stories. These days the media we consume is in the form of narratives, text that tells a stroy. Even when the media deals with real life it always recreates is as a narrative. Because we are into the narrative tradition these days we approach most texts with certain expectations whether we know the story or not, for example;

• the opening to give us information about who, what and when.
• there to be characters who interact with each other.
• to see a series of incidents, which are connected with each other.
• problems and/or conflict.
• the ending to reolve the action or cast new light on what has happened.

Tzvetan Todorov's Theory of Narrative
Todorov suggested that conventional narratives are structured in five stages:

1. a state of equilibrium at the outset.
2. a disruption of the equilibrium by some action.
3. a recognition that there has been a disruption.
4. an attempt to repair the didruption.
5. a reinstatement of the equilibrium.