Proairetic code
In Barthes' narrative analysis, the code of action and event sequence, where actions create causal chains and narrative progression through plot logic and character agency.
Real World
In a James Bond film, every chase scene, fight, and escape operates through proairetic logic — Bond enters a building (action), triggers an alarm (consequence), pursues a villain (response) — the sequence feels inevitable because each action causally demands the next.
Exam Focus
Trace the causal chain: identify the triggering action and explain what each subsequent event is logically compelled to follow from it.
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