Edu ja ebaedu narratiivid telesarja “Õnne 13” stsenaariumites
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2008
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Tartu Ülikool
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The Master’s thesis gives an overview of a narrative analysis method, which is trying
to find a common structure of the story by analysing the narratives through roles and
guiding forces of the story. One of the goals of my thesis was to test a method that is
rarely used in social sciences in Estonia and try to give an overview of the possible
usage, key points and threats of this method. The other goal of my thesis was to study
how success and failure is being portrayed through stereotypes, ideologies and moral
of the stories.
To find the answers to the research questions and hypothesis, I took a closer look at
ten narratives picturing success or failure in the scenarios of TV series “Õnne 13”.
The method used in my research does not follow the ideas of Propp and Greimas to
the detail, but is adapted to fit the research goals of the current thesis. Because of the
uniqueness of the research material, which is more complex then myths or fairytales
that were used in the studies by Propp and Greimas, the used method will have a
bigger focus on the context and society. The changed focus is also necessary because
of the goal of this research, which needs that context to detect the values, networks,
motives and morals of the stories. The chosen method could be criticised for the
ambiguousity in detecting the roles, but this in not an obstacle which can’t be
overcome in further studies.
The key results of the analysis is, that the chosen stories do not always follow the so-
called fairytale narrative and this difference is especially visible in the stories
picturing the failure. Also, the characters of the success stories are not always noble in
their actions and motives, while the failure stories are not always completely negative.
The moral messages from the stories often carry a social message, trying to give an
advice or a warning about some actions, describe some ideology or show members of
the social groups whose life is usually hidden from us.
The discussion part of the thesis looks at the parallels between the TV series and
popular narratives or characters in Estonian folk tales. This leads to a conclusion, that
the stories and narratives told in every culture, bare the face of the given society. We
may not like what the stories tell us, but people seldom like the truth anyway.
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H Social Sciences (General)