The seven basic plots (Record no. 756)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780826480378
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 809/.924BOO
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Booker, Christopher.
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The seven basic plots
Remainder of title why we tell stories
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Continuum
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 728 p. ; 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   809/.924BOO 000757 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book