One thing that a lot of my Greek friends pride themselves on is ancient Greek storytelling - Homer and his epic stories (see, that time it was used correctly); Aristophanes and his tastefully backhanded insight into gender politics; the philosophical workings of Aristotle, Plato, oh the list goes on.
Ah yes, good times.
However, does every story have a structure? Are we arrogant enough to believe that we can encompass a finite list of ways in which a story can be told?
Author Kurt Vonnegut seems to think so.
Below we have the rather condensed and rather colourful adaptation of his attempts to graphically depict types of storylines. The original explanation is brilliantly explained by Lapham's Quarterly here, but as you can see, it has been simplified and colourful picture have been inserted to pacify the masses whose next distraction is but a notification away.
Have a look, and maybe even read the article above - it's a great bit it knowledge to have stored in the ol' intellectual piggy bank (which, hopefully, is flourishing!)
The full resolution image can also be found below.
VIEW THE FULL RESOLUTION IMAGE HERE
Ah yes, good times.
However, does every story have a structure? Are we arrogant enough to believe that we can encompass a finite list of ways in which a story can be told?
Author Kurt Vonnegut seems to think so.
Below we have the rather condensed and rather colourful adaptation of his attempts to graphically depict types of storylines. The original explanation is brilliantly explained by Lapham's Quarterly here, but as you can see, it has been simplified and colourful picture have been inserted to pacify the masses whose next distraction is but a notification away.
Have a look, and maybe even read the article above - it's a great bit it knowledge to have stored in the ol' intellectual piggy bank (which, hopefully, is flourishing!)
The full resolution image can also be found below.
VIEW THE FULL RESOLUTION IMAGE HERE
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