Man and beast by alan rabinowitz pygmies king

Might have to borrow that one for later ;v. Is not really my idea, direct steal from Joseph Campbell who is the centre of that course. Class blog for Linguistics of storytelling with David Novak. I'm sitting in Kennesaw near Atlanta, following the cancellation of Storyfest, reflecting in general on different types of storytelling as I trade my evenings plans for a trip to a theatre performance that claims to be built round two characters sharing stories.

I'm reminded of David's earlier response to one of my neologisms - can we call some of the personal storytelling today autohagiographic.

Man and beast by alan rabinowitz pygmies king: Alan Rabinowitz, An Indomitable Beast: The

I don't have an answer yet for Jonesborough and the storytelling revival movement, though I think it might be that familiahagiographic fits. If however, we take Alan Rabinowitz as typical of Moth storytelling, then I think the term autohagiographic definitely applies there. This is not to disagree with Guy - I don't think Rabinowitz is particularly arrogant or prideful - but the nature of his discourse is such that it constructs a central personal narrative which highlights his life a as conforming to an overarching pattern or purpose b as having to overcome difficult obstacles c as successful d of benefit to others not just himself.

Which seems autohagiographic to me. In terms of the overall shape of the discourse, I like John's episodic titles I'd be tempted to add in Encounter with Wise Helper - the professor who offers him the work in Belize, and perhaps rename Character Introduction as Face to Face with the Beast 1 and end Face to the Face with the Beast 2, just to emphasise the envelope construction of the story - however my main interest is in trying to identify what it is about the discourse that makes me consider it weak storytelling.

Because I do. Although the shaping is clever perhaps because the shaping is clever I find my attention wandering repeatedly.