Actants: Establishing the Field of Relational Forces

Christine Erlach () and Michael Müller ()
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Christine Erlach: NARRATA Consult
Michael Müller: Stuttgart Media University

A chapter in Narrative Organizations, 2020, pp 163-165 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Actants are the central characters of a story, i.e., the hero as subject, an opponent, a helper, and a sender. The hero wants to achieve a certain goal, and all characters have their own force fields which may be implied or spelled out openly. These fields are determinants of the characters’ behavior and are in turn influenced by their actions. Their representation makes the actantial model a very suitable narrative method for coaching contexts. The actants might for example depict the force fields surrounding the protagonist, i.e., a hero or workshop participant, with cards placed on the floor around them.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-61421-1_17

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