Shouldn't Love be on this list, even though it has context as a subset of at least comedies and tragedies?
Leigh On 23 Apr 2011 at 08:40 PM, Jochen Fromm related > Can everything ever written boiled down to a few fundamental stories? > Christopher Booker argues in his book > "Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories " > that everything can be classified by just seven plots: > > 1. Overcoming the monster > 2. Rags to riches > 3. A journey - the quest > 4. A journey - the voyage and return > 5. Comedies > 6. Tragedies > 7. Rebirth > > Or is there just one: "there once was a problem, and it got resolved" > which > includes all detective and adventure stories - "there once was something > to find out, and someone did it". What do you think? Can life really be > distilled to a few basic stories? > > -J. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
