Storytelling Archive
Monday, August 18th, 2008
'The Ugly Duckling' was originally told by Hans Christian Andersen - and, if Jackie Wullschlager's biography of the writer is to believed - the story is partly autobiographical.In the story, a cygnet, shunned by the other animals because of his ugliness, matures into a beautiful swan, eventually getting the respect ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
One response to my earlier question is to say that all texts - stories, music, whatever - are re-tellings of something else. There's no new story to tell.Two interesting books on this subject:
Vladimir Propp - Morphology of the Folk Tale (includes the 31 functions of folk tales)
Christopher Booker - The ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Cover versions are interesting to people because they combine something familiar with something unexpected. They are a deviation from something we already know.In some cases, the success of the cover version relies on our knowledge of the original. Punk covers are like parodies of the originals - deeply referential, usually ...
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
I thought I’d try writing a fictional drabble after all the non-fiction stuff I’ve been doing lately. Here it is, and I would appreciate any constructive feedback on it:
She came in through the bathroom window. Even as she threatened my life, my mind mouthed the words to the Beatles song, ...
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