Topic: Conversation
QQ: So what is the difference between narrative
and story?
ANSWER:
Kyle mentioned this quote: The narrative is
"The queen died, and then the king died".
The story is "the queen died, and then
the king died of a broken heart"
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ANSWER:
Well, one possibility is that in the case of
the "cradle to grave" story. The narrative
is the same (as Thomas outlined) but the stories
were the individual ways that we told them
in class.
LINK: What did he say?
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The idea that we are born, and then if we
are nourished then we grow up, etc.
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QQ: What is a story?
ANSWER:
Well, we had the disucssion that "everythng is
a story". Mihai commented that you can't not
have a story. Even if you say there is a story,
then that too is a story.
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ANSWER:
Again, obviously a song can be a story. Take
the Jethro Tull song "Thick as a Brick", or
most folks songs for example -- pure story.
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