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The Rhetoric of Story
INTRODUCTION - What is the rhetoric of story?
Introduction to the course and your tutor (6:26)
What is a story? (6:36)
The rhetoric of story (8:09)
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CHANGE - Where all story begins
This story is over 5000 years old (13:01)
The brain makes sense of change by telling stories (15:32)
Archetypal human change is the core of powerful storytelling (11:48)
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SELF - The engine of story
Know Thyself (11:59)
The formation of desire (13:49)
What is the self becoming? (8:08)
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OTHER - Relationships and archetypes
Demeter and Persephone (9:47)
Relationships (10:22)
The Sundered Self (15:51)
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CONFLICT - Why can't we all just get along?
Achilles and Hector (14:36)
Levels of Conflict (9:50)
Antagonism and Fear (17:42)
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EVENTS - Stories within stories
What are stories made of? (16:49)
What is an event? (11:13)
Stories within stories (15:19)
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STRUCTURE - The key to complex storytelling
What is structure? (10:08)
Three Act Structrue (13:47)
Acts, Sequences, Scenes and Beats (12:29)
Alternate Structures (16:09)
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EMOTION - the secret super power of story
Catharsis, Kairos and the secret of emotion (18:00)
Tools for shaping emotion (18:18)
Emotion and the seven (9:41)
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