Actantial Model Course
Master the actantial model to decode and design powerful stories. Learn clear role mapping, close reading, and practical plotting tools tailored for Humanities professionals who need sharper narrative analysis and stronger, more focused story ideas. This course equips you with essential techniques for dissecting narratives and crafting compelling plots through structured analysis and application.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This concise, hands-on Actantial Model Course teaches you to pinpoint subject, object, sender, receiver, helpers, and opponents, transforming that insight into succinct 2–3 paragraph narrative breakdowns. You will hone close reading skills, tackle ambiguous roles, create visual and bullet-point models, link structure to theme, and develop original story concepts with polished, submission-ready prose.
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Develop skills
- Map actantial roles: Quickly assign subject, object, helper, and opponent.
- Analyse short stories: Use actantial grids to expose theme and ideology fast.
- Design story ideas: Build tight plots with balanced helpers, opponents, and stakes.
- Handle ambiguity: Resolve shifting roles and unreliable narrators with confidence.
- Turn theory into writing: Convert actantial models into clear scenes and outlines.
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