• antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    there’s only seven stories in the world

    There isn’t. That’s a completely nonsensical statement, no serious scholar of litearture/film/etc. would claim something of the sort. While there have been attempts to analyse the “basic” stories and narrative structures (Propp’s model of fairy tales, Greimas’ actantial model, Campbell’s well-known hero’s journey), they’re all far from universally applicable or satisfying.

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      7 months ago

      there’s only seven stories in the world

      This, to me, sounds like the opinion of someone who doesn’t read for entertainment. No, manga does not count.

      If your only exposure to stories are TV shows and movies… yeah it’s gonna seem like there aren’t very many types of stories.