You’re right. I guess I don’t know a better shorthand way to say, “At the denouement - regardless of whether it is a single line, joke, beat, scene or whole narrative - rising tension and falling tension is resolved with an outcome for two characters in which the outcome is given meaning by that resolution having different values which affect the situation those characters reside in”
edit2: with the exception of pure word play, exposition, etc…
Fair enough, i guess i would add that the dualistic nature of western literature is a unique socially constructed cultural choice, and not anything actually innate to how human beings think. In other words, there are several human literary legacies independent of it.
No, you were saying it’s all about winners and losers and now you’re saying your argument is just that narratives have structure.
edit: oh I see where I said winner and loser.
You’re right. I guess I don’t know a better shorthand way to say, “At the denouement - regardless of whether it is a single line, joke, beat, scene or whole narrative - rising tension and falling tension is resolved with an outcome for two characters in which the outcome is given meaning by that resolution having different values which affect the situation those characters reside in”
edit2: with the exception of pure word play, exposition, etc…
Fair enough, i guess i would add that the dualistic nature of western literature is a unique socially constructed cultural choice, and not anything actually innate to how human beings think. In other words, there are several human literary legacies independent of it.
which ones are you thinking of?
Hindi and Chinese are the two biggest ones. Im not an expert but you probably have heard of the Dao and Bahgavad Gita