The Seven Basic Plots  -  Christopher Booker

Why We Tell Stories

KORTE INHOUD

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...
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2006 Uitgever: Continuum International Publishing Group 736 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0826480373 ISBN-13: 9780826480378