The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell StoriesBloomsbury Publishing, 11. 11. 2005 - 736 strán (strany) This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come. |
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... ultimately spring from the same source : which is not shaped by the same archetypal rules and spun from the same universal language . To arrive at the point where all this can be finally seen in proper perspective , however , it is ...
... ultimately spring from the same source : which is not shaped by the same archetypal rules and spun from the same universal language . To arrive at the point where all this can be finally seen in proper perspective , however , it is ...
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... ultimately spring from the same source, are shaped around the same basic patterns and are governed by the same hidden, universal rules. At this point our journey can begin. PART ONE The Seven Gateways to the Underworld ' When 13 ...
... ultimately spring from the same source, are shaped around the same basic patterns and are governed by the same hidden, universal rules. At this point our journey can begin. PART ONE The Seven Gateways to the Underworld ' When 13 ...
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... ultimately rests ; someone with whom , as we say , we can identify . We are introduced to our hero or heroine in an imaginary world . Briefly or at length , the general scene is set . The purpose of the formula ' Once upon a time ...
... ultimately rests ; someone with whom , as we say , we can identify . We are introduced to our hero or heroine in an imaginary world . Briefly or at length , the general scene is set . The purpose of the formula ' Once upon a time ...
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... ultimately renders it vulnerable. Despite its cunning, its awareness of the reality of the world around it is in some important respect limited. Seeing the world through tunnel vision, shaped by its egocentric desires, there is always ...
... ultimately renders it vulnerable. Despite its cunning, its awareness of the reality of the world around it is in some important respect limited. Seeing the world through tunnel vision, shaped by its egocentric desires, there is always ...
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THE COMPLETE HAPPY ENDING | 237 |
MISSING THE MARK | 345 |
WHY WE TELL STORIES | 541 |
The Light and the Shadows on the Wall | 699 |
Authors Personal Note | 703 |
Glossary of Terms | 707 |
Bibliography | 711 |
Index of Stories Cited | 715 |
General Index | 720 |
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