UP FROM SLAVERY (An Autobiography): Memoir of the Visionary Educator, African American Leader and Influential Civil Rights Activist, Washington Booker T.
Автор: Booker, Christopher Название: Seven basic plots ISBN: 1472976185 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472976185 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 3166.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
Автор: Doyle, Roddy Название: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Booker Prize`93) ISBN: 0749397357 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780749397357 Издательство: Random House Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: Roddy Doyle`s Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less and less.
The debate between W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington on how to further social and economic progress for African Americans lasted 20 years, from 1895 to Washington's death in 1915. Their ongoing conversation evolved over time, becoming fiercer and more personal as the years progressed. But despite its complexities and steadily accumulating bitterness, it was still, at its heart, a conversation--an impassioned contest at the turn of the century to capture the souls of black folk.
This book focuses on the conversation between Washington and Du Bois in order to fully examine its contours. It serves as both a document reader and an authored text that enables readers to perceive how the back and forth between these two individuals produced a cacophony of ideas that made it anything but a bipolar debate, even though their expressed differences would ultimately shape the two dominant strains of activist strategy. The numerous chapters on specific topics and historical events follow a preface that presents an overview of both the conflict and its historiographical treatment; evaluates the legacies of both Washington and Du Bois, emphasizing the trajectories of their theories beyond 1915; and provides an explanation of the unique structure of the work.
Автор: Booker, Christopher Название: Seven basic plots ISBN: 0826480373 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780826480378 Издательство: Continuum Рейтинг: Цена: 3562.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines the basis of story telling in literature, film, and libretto. This book provides an answer to the riddle of whether there are only a small number of `basic stories` in the world. Using many examples, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes.The author then leads us through the changes in the nature of storytelling.
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