ABSTRACT
A. J. Greimas also offers his own typology of actantial categories for the analysis of narrative, developing Vladimir Propp's pioneer work in Morphology of the Folktale and Etienne Souriau's analysis of actantial models in drama. As Greimas explains, these earlier typologies of actantial models are insufficient in that they are limited to the analysis of one particular genre and are too formal and descriptive, failing to take into account the thematic element. The definitions of Propp and Souriau confirm our interpretation on an important point: a restricted number of actantial terms is sufficient to account for the organization of a microuniverse. Even granted, the simple fact that the procedure of thematic investment in the account of the object at each moment risks confusing the description of the actantial model with the qualificative analysis is not sufficient to account for the variation of actantial models and to establish their typology.
