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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...

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Published in:Philosophy & Literature Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 102 - 119
Main Author: Adams, Jon
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Apr2008
Subjects:
Taxonomy
Story plots
Pattern perception
Literary form
Polti, Georges
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