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 4
... meet the girl of their dreams ; Icarus discovers that he can fly ; Faust is given access by the devil to all sorts of magical experiences . But gradually the mood of the story darkens . The hero experiences an increasing sense of ...
... meet the girl of their dreams ; Icarus discovers that he can fly ; Faust is given access by the devil to all sorts of magical experiences . But gradually the mood of the story darkens . The hero experiences an increasing sense of ...
Pagina 17
... 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 witches . We meet a girl called Alice , wondering how to amuse herself in the ...
... 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 witches . We meet a girl called Alice , wondering how to amuse herself in the ...
Pagina 22
... meet the apparently kindly old woman who lives in a house made of gingerbread . But she turns out to be a wicked witch , whose only wish is to devour them . Just when all seems lost , they manage to push her into her own oven and burn ...
... meet the apparently kindly old woman who lives in a house made of gingerbread . But she turns out to be a wicked witch , whose only wish is to devour them . Just when all seems lost , they manage to push her into her own oven and burn ...
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... meet the apparently kindly old woman who lives in a house made of gingerbread. But she turns out to be a wicked witch, whose only wish is to devour them. Just when all seems lost, they manage to push her into her own oven and burn her ...
... meet the apparently kindly old woman who lives in a house made of gingerbread. But she turns out to be a wicked witch, whose only wish is to devour them. Just when all seems lost, they manage to push her into her own oven and burn her ...
Pagina 34
... meet the tyrannical owner of this establishment , Mr Squeers ( who , like Polyphemus , ' had but one eye , and popular prejudice runs in favour of two ' ) , we might think we had met the story's chief ' monster ' . But no sooner has ...
... meet the tyrannical owner of this establishment , Mr Squeers ( who , like Polyphemus , ' had but one eye , and popular prejudice runs in favour of two ' ) , we might think we had met the story's chief ' monster ' . But no sooner has ...
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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Aladdin Amleth anima Anna Karenina archetypal arrives beautiful become begins central figure centre century characters Comedy comes complete consciousness Creon Dark Father dark feminine dark figure dark masculine dark power Dark Rival death developed Don Giovanni Dream Stage egocentric egotism emerge eventually everything familiar fantasy film finally girl goal Hamlet happens happy ending heart hero and heroine hero or heroine human imagination inner James Bond Jane Eyre journey killed king kingdom liberated light lives look Macbeth married Moby Dick mother murder mysterious nature Nightmare Stage novel obsession Odysseus Oedipus ordeals Overcoming the Monster pattern play plot Princess Quest Rags to Riches realise recognise represents role seems seen sense shadow storytelling symbolic symbolised Teiresias tells Theseus thing Tragedy transformation true turn type of story ultimately uncon unconscious values Voyage and Return whole wife Wise Old woman young