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  2. Storytelling - Wikipedia

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    In many ways, the art of storytelling draws upon other art forms such as acting, oral interpretation and Performance Studies. In 1903, Richard Wyche, a professor of literature at the University of Tennessee created the first organized storytellers league of its kind. [citation needed] It was called The National Story League. Wyche served as its ...

  3. Narrative art - Wikipedia

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    Narrative art is art that tells a story, either as a moment in an ongoing story or as a sequence of events unfolding over time. This in retrospect makes a good portion of art narrative art. Landscapes and portraits however do not meet the criteria of the definition provided, though they might be, depending on the artist's intention.

  4. Mia Gerhardt - Wikipedia

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    1963: "The art of story-telling. A literary study of the thousand and one nights" 1964: "Two wayfarers. Some medieval stories on the theme of good and evil"' 1967: "Old men of the sea. From Neptunus to Old French luiton: ancestry and character of a water-spirit" [4] 1968: "Zevenslapers en andere tijd-verliezers"

  5. Oral storytelling - Wikipedia

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    Storytelling creates a personal bond with the teller and the audience. [citation needed] The flexibility of oral storytelling extends to the teller as well. Each teller will incorporate their personality and may choose to add characters to the story. As a result, there will be numerous variations of a single story. [2]

  6. List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia

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    Name Definition Example Setting as a form of symbolism or allegory: The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction; sometimes, storytellers use the setting as a way to represent deeper ideas, reflect characters' emotions, or encourage the audience to make certain connections that add complexity to how the story may be interpreted.

  7. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    [5] Beryl Bainbridge, Richard Adams, Ronald Harwood, and John Bayley also spoke positively of the work, while philosopher Roger Scruton described it as a "brilliant summary of story-telling". [6] Others have dismissed the book on grounds that Booker is too rigid in fitting works of art to the plot types above.

  8. Narration - Wikipedia

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    Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. [1] Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the plot: the series of events.

  9. Story structure - Wikipedia

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    Story is a sequence of events, which can be true or fictitious, that appear in prose, verse or script, designed to amuse or inform an audience. [1] Story structure is a way to organize the story's elements into a recognizable sequence. It has been shown to influence how the brain organizes information. [2]