motivation
Motivation is a technical term from narrative theory .
Motivation at the level of the event
At the level of what happens in a narrative, a distinction is made between a “causal” and a “final” motivation.
In causal motivation, the cause-and-effect principle comes into play, ie a development or action has a clear cause.
Providence comes into play with the final motivation, that is, for example, that a meeting of certain figures has no causal cause, but appears to be meaningfully designed towards a goal.
literature
- Reinhard K. Sprenger : The Myth of Motivation . 17th edition. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-593-36894-3 .
Web links
Wiktionary: Motivation - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Explanation of the causal and final motivation at LiGo - Basic literary terms online