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Q&A The seven story archetypes. Are they truly all of them?

The archetypes are a descriptive framework created by scholars in order to describe stories. Someone had a theory, says every story fits into one of those archetypes. Any story you give them, they ...

posted 5y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:57:39Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T12:32:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
The archetypes are a descriptive framework created by scholars in order to describe stories. Someone had a theory, says every story fits into one of those archetypes. Any story you give them, they will fit it into one of those archetypes, even if it squeaks a little.

For my part, there are stories I struggle to fit into this framework. _The Jungle Book_, for example. (Kipling's work, not the travesty Disney made of it.) Or Hemingway's _The Sun also Rises_. I'm sure a scholar could explain to me how they do fit into one of those archetypes. For my part, I don't really see it.

Here's the thing though: **as a writer, I don't care**. Let the classifiers classify. Me - I write. And my story is not "something that fits some archetype" - it is an absolutely unique creation that is entirely my own. Like a child - sure, it's a mammal. It's a Homo sapiens. But all that is irrelevant - only thing that's relevant is that this is my child, and s/he smiles at me. And my child is entirely unique, right?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-23T21:40:35Z (over 5 years ago)
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