Narrative & Storytelling

Storytelling is an ancient form of knowledge transfer and entertainment which has captivated audiences for millennia. This board features pins about narrative construction, storytelling and literary devices.
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Continuing its 20-year obsession with mining the cultural artifacts of American popular culture for intertextual allusions, this opening of The Simpsons pays homage to a spectrum of past TV family sitcoms from The Honeymooners and Dick van Dyke to the Brady Bunch and Cheers. Like all "lightning histories," the montage leaves little room for interpretation or commentary, instead evoking momentary recognition or nostalgia that flattens the past into a cascading sequence of recognizable, iconic...
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The Intelligence of Emotions: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How Storytelling Rewires Us and Why Befriending Our Neediness Is Essential for Happiness
The Intelligence of Emotions: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How Storytelling Rewires Us and Why Befriending Our Neediness Is Essential for Happiness | Brain Pickings
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Intertextuality and Star Wars
Intertextuality and Star Wars
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Writing Narrative Endings - Kristine Nannini
Writing Narrative Endings Printable anchor chart
an info sheet describing the differences between new and old testaments in children's literature
Kurt Vonnegut graphed the world’s most popular stories
Kurt Vonnegut's graphics of narrative types.
a woman holding a rose with the words interextality in front of her
Intertextuality: Hollywood's New Currency
(4) Intertextuality: Hollywood's New Currency - YouTube
an image with the words, non existent objects and imaginary worldss in front of it
Nonexistent Objects & Imaginary Worlds: Crash Course Philosophy #29
Nonexistent Objects & Imaginary Worlds: Crash Course Philosophy #29
a group of women dressed in period clothing and holding swords with one woman looking at the camera
Literary mash-ups: why stop at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?
Is the literary mash-up a passing fad or a fertile new genre? The art of mashing up involves putting together two completely incongruous genres, only to discover that something in the high-cultural original matches the low material with which it is mixed.
the book cover for meaning in action constructions, narratives and representations
Meaning in Action: Constructions, Narratives, and Representations
Meaning in Action: Constructions, Narratives, and Representations
two batman characters facing each other in front of a red background with the words, i'm batman and that's cute
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BATMAN vs BATMAN: How to Make a Strong Adaptation - Frame By Frame (ft T...
a poster with different types of literature
Helping Students Understand Literary Devices Freebie
Classroom Freebies Too: Helping Students Understand Literary Devices Freebie
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The Storymatic Classic
I would love this. Wish I could get it in Australia! The Storymatic Classic -- Tell Stories, Play Games, Make Art, and More
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Building Nonlinear Narratives for the Web
Building Nonlinear Narratives for the Web
a pink book with an image of a cat on it's front cover and the title, significant objects 100 extraordinary stories about ordinary things
Significant Objects | …and how they got that way
Significant objects project - a literary and economic experiment about the power of storytelling and the value of objects. It's really worth checking this out if you haven't heard about it. And for my fellow educators- a great resource for teaching material culture or narrative technique.