01846nam a22002297a 4500008004100000020001800041040000800059041000800067050002200075100003900097245007400136260004200210300002700252504005200279520104900331650003801380650004401418655003201462942000801494952009901502999001501601250407b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781399415927  ctbs  aeng  aPN3378.B66b 2004  aBooker, Christopher925121eauthor  aThe seven basic plots b: why we tell stories c/ Christopher Booker.  aDublin :bBloomsbury Continuumc2004.  ax, 725 pages ;c20 cm.  a Includes bibliographical references and index.  aThis 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. 0aPlots (Drama, novel, etc.)925122 0aLiteraturevStories, plots, etc.925123 0aStories, plots, etc.925124  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-04-07l0oPN3378.B66 BOOpB05902r2025-04-07t1w2025-04-07y1  c4628d4628