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| + | "We tell ourselves [[story|stories]] in order to live"--''[[The White Album (book)|The White Album]]'' (1979) by Joan Didion, incipit | ||
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| + | [[Image:A Young Girl Reading.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[A Young Girl Reading]]'' (c.[[1776]]) by [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard |Fragonard]]]] | ||
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| For the purpose of this wiki, a '''story''' is: | For the purpose of this wiki, a '''story''' is: | ||
| ==A sequence of events== | ==A sequence of events== | ||
| * A [[narrative]], more specifically: | * A [[narrative]], more specifically: | ||
| - | ** A piece of [[literature]] (also known as a tale): | + | ** A piece of [[literature]] (also known as a [[tale]]): |
| *** [[Novel]] or specifically, an [[epistolary novel]] | *** [[Novel]] or specifically, an [[epistolary novel]] | ||
| *** [[Short story]] or a [[novella]] | *** [[Short story]] or a [[novella]] | ||
| *** [[Frame tale]], a narrative technique | *** [[Frame tale]], a narrative technique | ||
| *** [[Fable]], [[fairy tale]] or [[tall tale]] | *** [[Fable]], [[fairy tale]] or [[tall tale]] | ||
| - | *** [[Play]], usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters | + | *** [[Play (theatre)|Play]], usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters |
| *** [[Anecdote]], a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident | *** [[Anecdote]], a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident | ||
| - | ** [[Bedtime story]], an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child | + | ** [[Bedtime story]], an entertaining or instructive, [[soporific]], and often [[extemporaneous]] tale for a child |
| ** [[Urban legend]], | ** [[Urban legend]], | ||
| * [[Plot (narrative)|Plot]], the storyline holding a narrative together (also in the context of movies) | * [[Plot (narrative)|Plot]], the storyline holding a narrative together (also in the context of movies) | ||
| * An [[essay]] or [[Article (publishing)#Newspaper article|news article]], in journalism slang | * An [[essay]] or [[Article (publishing)#Newspaper article|news article]], in journalism slang | ||
| - | * [[Organization story]], in organization studies, is fragmented, collectively enacted, and co-constructed | ||
| - | * [[User story]] is a way of illustrating software requirements, often used in extreme programming | ||
| * A depiction of [[history]] | * A depiction of [[history]] | ||
| * In older American slang, a [[soap opera]], (e.g., “I’ll talk to you later; my story is on.”) | * In older American slang, a [[soap opera]], (e.g., “I’ll talk to you later; my story is on.”) | ||
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| * Along with [[parable]], a basic principle or pattern of the human mind | * Along with [[parable]], a basic principle or pattern of the human mind | ||
| * A comic which is a graphic novel where the actions of event's are drawn rather than written, a comic is usually written though as a short story book with many issues to collect | * A comic which is a graphic novel where the actions of event's are drawn rather than written, a comic is usually written though as a short story book with many issues to collect | ||
| - | *Interactive story | + | *[[Interactive story]] |
| - | ** A pick a path where you choose the path and change the events up by turning to the asked page | + | ==Etymology== |
| - | ** A video game's story which is consisting of game play's main objectives, cut-scenes and things have to be done to actually progress to finish the game | + | From Middle English ''storie, storye'', from Anglo-Norman ''estorie'', from Latin ''[[historia]]'', from Ancient Greek ''ἱστορίᾱ'' (historíā, “learning through research”), from ''ἱστορέω'' (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ''ἵστωρ'' (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*weyd-'' (“to see, know”). Doublet of ''history'' and ''storey''. |
| - | *** Put roughly games of RPG, adventure, action, horror and other are mainly true interactive stories, though unlike a pick a path the plot is more straight forward and thought out, as in the interactivity is more set on playing through the events rather to merely change the events up as progressed through turning to a certain page(though movie makers will think the opposite and act as if one needs to be made in the format converting, this results in video game movies merely with cameos and movie rips [example: bullet time, etc.] and poor box office sales and mockery of the video game movie genre as immature)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | == Namesakes == |
| - | + | *''[[A Cock and Bull Story]]'' | |
| + | *''[[A Story of Sin]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Cruel Story of Youth]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Dream Story]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Love Story]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Story of O]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Story of the Eye]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Las Vegas Story ]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Zoo Story ]]'' | ||
| + | *"[[This is not a story]]" by Diderot | ||
| + | *[[Human-interest story]] | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | :''[[fictionalization]], [[storytelling]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Traditional story]] | ||
| * [[Storytelling]] | * [[Storytelling]] | ||
| + | * [[Metastory]] | ||
| + | * [[Narrative]] | ||
| * [[Narratology]] | * [[Narratology]] | ||
| + | * [[Storybook architecture]] | ||
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A sequence of events
- A narrative, more specifically:
- A piece of literature (also known as a tale):
- Novel or specifically, an epistolary novel
- Short story or a novella
- Frame tale, a narrative technique
- Fable, fairy tale or tall tale
- Play, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters
- Anecdote, a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident
- Bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child
- Urban legend,
- A piece of literature (also known as a tale):
- Plot, the storyline holding a narrative together (also in the context of movies)
- An essay or news article, in journalism slang
- A depiction of history
- In older American slang, a soap opera, (e.g., “I’ll talk to you later; my story is on.”)
- A happening in real life
- Along with parable, a basic principle or pattern of the human mind
- A comic which is a graphic novel where the actions of event's are drawn rather than written, a comic is usually written though as a short story book with many issues to collect
- Interactive story
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Etymology
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Doublet of history and storey.
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Namesakes
- A Cock and Bull Story
- A Story of Sin
- Cruel Story of Youth
- Dream Story
- Love Story
- Story of O
- Story of the Eye
- The Las Vegas Story
- The Zoo Story
- "This is not a story" by Diderot
- Human-interest story
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See also
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