Kodan features: samurai, male-dominated society, stories on great people, public stances, psychologically great distance between the performer and the audience, official views, consistency, objective depiction in descriptive texts, and emphasis on tempo of narrative.
講談-武士、男性社会、エラい人の物語、タテマエ、演者と客との心理的距離の遠さ、公式的見解、無矛盾性、地の文による客観的描写、語りのテンポと歯切れを重視