Jack and the Beanstalk: The human plot in narrative traditions and contemporary global culture
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DOI: 10.1080/02580136.2020.1839832
Abstract: The narrative tradition, going back to the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh and Homer’s Odyssey, presents itself as a framework for any person faced with taking up their life and making something of it. It works… read more here.
Keywords: beanstalk human; plot; human plot; jack beanstalk ... See more keywords
Driving, not Losing, the Plot: Narrative Patterns in Implicit and Explicit Fictional Representations of Dementia
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DOI: 10.1515/culture-2017-0006
Abstract: Abstract This essay examines representations of dementia in literary works. It draws a distinction between those representations of dementia symptoms that can be understood as implicit and those that can be understood as explicit. Whereas… read more here.
Keywords: driving losing; narrative patterns; losing plot; plot narrative ... See more keywords