Showing posts with label The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Kurt Vonnegut's graphs of the world's most popular stories

By Jack Brummet, American Lit Ed.

Kurt Vonnegut once said: “The fundamental idea is that stories have shapes which can be drawn on graph paper, and that the shape of a given society’s stories is at least as interesting as the shape of its pots or spearheads,” This is similar to The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index  Click here to read a fascinating article on Vonnegut's story graphs.

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