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020			_a9781399415927
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041			_aeng
050			_aPN3378.B66 _b 2004
100			_aBooker, Christopher _925121 _eauthor
245			_aThe seven basic plots _b: why we tell stories _c/ Christopher Booker.
260			_aDublin : _bBloomsbury Continuum _c2004.
300			_ax, 725 pages ; _c20 cm.
504			_a Includes bibliographical references and index.
520			_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.
650		0	_aPlots (Drama, novel, etc.) _925122
650		0	_aLiterature _vStories, plots, etc. _925123
655		0	_aStories, plots, etc. _925124
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