PLOT TAXONOMIES AND INTENTIONALITY.
The article discusses attempts to classify plots in literature into taxonomies. The author notes speculation that plots are variations on a set number of stories. He suggests that attempts to recognize patterns in the plot structure of literature may require considering works in a larger pattern and...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy & Literature Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 102 - 119 |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Apr2008
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| Sumario: | The article discusses attempts to classify plots in literature into taxonomies. The author notes speculation that plots are variations on a set number of stories. He suggests that attempts to recognize patterns in the plot structure of literature may require considering works in a larger pattern and notes how some scholars believe literature is irreducible beyond basic genres. He discusses plot elements suggested by author Georges Polti in his book "Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations." |
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