Freytag

But these things are more properly associated with orthodox narrative conventions (embodied in "Freytag's Triangle") than with realism strictly understood.

Realism in Fiction 2008

Few readers are likely to finish his latest novel, Phone Rings (Melville House Publishing) thinking it does not provide a comprehensive and intensely realistic account of its characters and their circumstances, and of the family relationships the novel chronicles, but many if not most will have concluded that fidelity to the stages in Freytag's Triangle has very little to do with its realism.

Realism in Fiction 2008

Most best-selling potboilers are likely to use the Freytag-derived narrative filtered through Hollywood melodrama.

Narrative Strategies 2009

"Every time anything is published, they get hundreds of letters and pressure to get in," art historian Anette Freytag said.

An Enchanted House Becomes a Family's Curse Michael Z. Wise 2012

"I have seen a progression already because more experts helping with the restoration could get in," Ms. Freytag said.

An Enchanted House Becomes a Family's Curse Michael Z. Wise 2012

I agree that stories as they are customarily described (linear, or at least triangular, as in the Freytag version) produce an illusion of "how life could be if we cut all the dull bits out where nothing happens," but I don't think this necessarily commends them as the means to create literary art.

Narrative Strategies 2009

The Mymax is not a lame old Freytag climax but a hot Escher mess of narrative possibilities suggested by you, the audience.

Scott Brown on Why Hollywood Needs a New Model for Storytelling 2009

Man, Nature, Society, Self, but it has point of view shifts, concrete details, a classic Freytag Story Arc, summary and scene, and an elaborate setting that becomes not unlike an active character.

Archive 2009-02-01 Aaron M. Wilson 2009

Joyce's Ulysses was first published in The Little Review about 1920 thanks to Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven the "Mother of Dada"m who prefaced and introduced Ulysseus.

Sense & Sensuality 2009

The Freytag Pyramid In Freytag-ese, Die Hard unfolds thusly: NYC cop John McClane arrives in LA to reunite with his estranged wife, Holly (exposition), but terrorists raid her office tower, taking everyone hostage except McClane (inciting incident), who escapes unseen and starts picking off the goons (rising action).

Scott Brown on Why Hollywood Needs a New Model for Storytelling 2009