The seven basic plots : why we tell stories
Booker, Christopher2004
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The seven basic plots : why we tell stories / Christopher Booker
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London, England : Bloomsbury, 2004
Contents:
Part 1: The seven gateways to the underworld. Prologue to part oneOvercoming the monsterThe monster (II) and the thrilling escape from deathRags to richesThe questVoyage and returnComedyComedy (II): the plot disguisedTragedy (I): the five stagesTragedy (II): the divided selfTragedy (III): the hero as monsterRebirthThe dark power: from shadow into lightEpilogue to part 1: the rule of three (the role played in stories by numbers)Part 2: The complete happy ending. Prologue to part twoThe dark figures - Seeing whole: the feminine and masculine valuesThe perfect balanceThe unrealised valueThe archetypal family drama (continued)The light figuresReaching the goalThe fatal flawPart 3: Missing the mark. The ego takes over (I): enter the dark inversionThe ego takes over (II): the dark and sentimental versionsThe ego takes over (III): quest, voyage and return, comedyThe ego takes over (IV): tragedy and rebirthLosing the plot: Thomas Hardy, a case historyGoing nowhere: the passive ego: the twentieth-century dead end, from Chekhov to Close encountersWhy sex and violence?: the active ego: the twentieth-century obsession: from de Sade to The terminatorRebellion against "the one": from Job to Nineteen eighty-fourThe mysteryThe riddle of the sphinx: Oedipus and HamletPart 4: Why we tell stories. Telling us who we are: ego versus instinctInto the real world: the ruling consciousnessOf gods and men: reconnecting with "the one"The age of Loki: the dismantling of the selfEpilogue: the light and the shadows on the wallAuthor's personal noteGlossary of terms.
ISBN:
9780826480378
Dewey class:
809
Language:
English
BRN:
47181
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNally Campus | MA Creative Writing RC | 809 BOO | Available |
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