The seven basic plots: why we tell stories
Breathtaking in its scope and originality, Seven Basic Plots examines the basis of story telling in literature, film, and libretto. No one will ever see stories in the same way again. This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Breathtaking in its scope and originality, Seven Basic Plots examines the basis of story telling in literature, film, and libretto. No one will ever see stories in the same way again. 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' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary 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. Booker analyses 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 seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come. |
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| adam_text | Contents
Introduction
and historical notes
........................................................................................ 1
PART ONE: THE SEVEN GATEWAYS TO THE UNDERWORLD
Prologue to Part One
.......................................................................................................... 17
Chapter
1
Overcoming the Monster
.............................................................................. 21
2
The Monster (II) and the Thrilling Escape From Death
............................ 31
3
Rags to Riches
................................................................................................ 51
4
The Quest
...................................................................................................... 69
5
Voyage and Return
........................................................................................ 87
6
Comedy
..........................................................................................................107
7
Comedy
(11):
The Plot Disguised
..................................................................131
8
Tragedy (I): The Five Stages
..........................................................................153
9
Tragedy (II): The Divided Self
......................................................................173
10
Tragedy (III): The Hero as Monster
..............................................................181
11
Rebirth
............................................................................................................193
12
The Dark Power: From Shadow into Light
..................................................215
Epilogue to Part One: The Rule of Three (the role played in stories by numbers)
........229
PART TWO: THE COMPLETE HAPPY ENDING
Prologue to Part Two
..........................................................................................................239
Chapter
13
The Dark Figures
............................................................................................241
14
Seeing Whole: The Feminine and Masculine Values
....................................253
15
The Perfect Balance
......................................................................................267
16
The Unrealised Value
....................................................................................277
17
The Archetypal Family Drama (Continued)
................................................289
18
The Light Figures
..........................................................................................297
19
Reaching the Goal
........................................................................................311
20
The Fatal Flaw
................................................................................................329
vii
THE SEVEN BASIC PLOTS
PART THREE: MISSING THE MARK
Chapter
21
The Ego Takes Over (I): Enter the Dark Inversion
......................................347
22
The Ego Takes Over (II): The Dark and Sentimental Versions
..................367
23
The Ego Takes Over (III): Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy
................385
24
The Ego Takes Over (IV): Tragedy and Rebirth
..........................................399
25
Losing the Plot: Thomas Hardy
-
A Case History
......................................413
26
Going Nowhere: The Passive Ego. The Twentieth-Century Dead
End
-
From Chekhov to Close Encounters
............................................425
27
Why Sex and Violence? The Active Ego. The Twentieth-Century
Obsession: From
de Sade
to The Terminator
..........................................455
28
Rebellion Against The One : From Job to Nineteen Eighty-Four
............495
29
The Mystery
..................................................................................................505
30
The Riddle of the Sphinx: Oedipus and Hamlet
........................................517
PART FOUR: WHY WE TELL STORIES
Chapter
31
Telling Us Who We Are: Ego versus Instinct
..............................................543
32
Into the Real World: The Ruling Consciousness
........................................571
33
Of Gods and Men: Reconnecting with The One
......................................593
34
The Age of
Loki:
The Dismantling of the Self
............................................645
Epilogue: The Light and the Shadows on the Wall
..........................................................699
Author s Personal Note
........................................................................................................703
Glossary of Terms
................................................................................................................707
Bibliography
........................................................................................................................711
Index of Stories Cited
..........................................................................................................715
Generalindex
......................................................................................................................720
This reprint includes corrections of various factual ortvpographical errors which appeared
in earlier printings of this book. If readers spot any further mistakes, the author would be
grateful if these could be passed on to him for correction in future editions.
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