ABSTRACT
Semiological study of narrative can be divided into two parts: on the one hand, an analysis of the techniques of narrative; on the other, a search for the laws which govern the narrated matter. All narrative consists of a discourse which integrates a sequence of events of human interest into the unity of a single plot. Without succession there is no narrative, but rather description, deduction, lyrical effusion. The narrator can limit himself to indicating an amelioration process without explicitly outlining its phases. If he simply says that the hero solves his problems or that he gets well, becomes good, handsome, or rich, these specifications which deal with the contents of the development without specifying how it comes about cannot help us to characterize its structure. The negotiation consists for the agent in defining, in agreement with the ex-adversary and future ally, the modalities of exchange of services which constitute the goal of their alliance.
