Monday, July 2, 2012

Narrative Structure and Worldviews



Comics are a useful way to visualize a book's structure.  This blog uses simple comics to compare the conflict-driven structure we've been taught to expect with kishotenketsu, a structure driven by surprise and reconciliation.  It also asks an important question:  do our assumptions about how narratives work affect our understanding of how life works?  Read the article.  What do you think?

The Significance of Plot Without Conflict