The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell StoriesBloomsbury Publishing, 11 nov 2005 - 736 pagina's 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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Pagina 7
... arrive at the point where all this can be finally seen in proper perspective , however , it is necessary to travel on a long and complex journey . And before we embark I should set out a brief route - map , so that it will become clear ...
... arrive at the point where all this can be finally seen in proper perspective , however , it is necessary to travel on a long and complex journey . And before we embark I should set out a brief route - map , so that it will become clear ...
Pagina 17
... arrives , and leads him out of the city to a mysterious underground cave . We meet a Scottish general , Macbeth , who has just won a great victory over his country's enemies ... then , on his way home , he encounters the mysterious ...
... arrives , and leads him out of the city to a mysterious underground cave . We meet a Scottish general , Macbeth , who has just won a great victory over his country's enemies ... then , on his way home , he encounters the mysterious ...
Pagina 24
... arrives he finds his father's kingdom under a terrible shadow , cast by a rival king- dom across the sea in Crete , ruled over by the grim tyrant King Minos . Every ninth year the Athenians must pay a tribute to the tyrant , by sending ...
... arrives he finds his father's kingdom under a terrible shadow , cast by a rival king- dom across the sea in Crete , ruled over by the grim tyrant King Minos . Every ninth year the Athenians must pay a tribute to the tyrant , by sending ...
Pagina 26
... arrives to save them and ventures out alone to confront the wolf. Instead of killing it, he merely speaks to it, gently but firmly, in such a way that the wolf is tamed. It is no longer a 'monster' but becomes a friend to the people of ...
... arrives to save them and ventures out alone to confront the wolf. Instead of killing it, he merely speaks to it, gently but firmly, in such a way that the wolf is tamed. It is no longer a 'monster' but becomes a friend to the people of ...
Pagina 36
... arrive in the village to train its inhabitants in self-defence. When Calveros's gang next returns it is beaten off ... arrives. Some years earlier Kane had been responsible for arresting Frank Miller, a psychopathic gang-leader who had ...
... arrive in the village to train its inhabitants in self-defence. When Calveros's gang next returns it is beaten off ... arrives. Some years earlier Kane had been responsible for arresting Frank Miller, a psychopathic gang-leader who had ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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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