Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Prospect - article_details: "He could have gone further: such narrative patterns, experienced from childhood, have psychological priority over conscious thought, which is why they merge with dreams. Booker's explanation of how plots converge, under headings such as 'Overcoming the Monster' or 'Rags to Riches' or 'Voyage and Return,' is not new"

Except there are non-narratie patterns of thought. And why 'experienced from childhood'? Oftentimes the monsters and demons resided preconsciously.

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