01735nam a22002177a 4500 250407b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781399415927 tbs eng PN3378.B66 2004 Booker, Christopher 25121 author The seven basic plots : why we tell stories / Christopher Booker. Dublin : Bloomsbury Continuum 2004. x, 725 pages ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. This volume provides an analysis of stories' plot structures and their psychological meanings, attempting to distill all of storytelling down to a few archetypes. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., the author leads readers through the 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. He analyzes 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 book provides an answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of "basic stories" in the world. Using 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. Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) 25122 Literature Stories, plots, etc. 25123 Stories, plots, etc. 25124 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-04-07 0 PN3378.B66 BOO B05902 2025-04-07 1 2025-04-07 1 4628 4628