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Serhii Yaremko It appears that such basic plot shapes as "Cinderella" and "Comedy" reflect the ongoing of an amount of processes on Earth. It's important that first one has a parallel concept ("Remnant") that is quite poorly lightened in literature.
Serhii Yaremko This journal article highlights the set of repeated elements (such are character actions) in literary works.
Serhii Yaremko In 2016, the team of mathematicians with the help of powerful computers and advanced methods of research discovered that the emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic plot shapes – and it is interesting that under these circumstances more simple stories (which are often preferred by authors) are not to be so popular among readers. The aim of the current manuscript is to explain such paradox with the help of Analogy method doubled by using Chaos theory.
Serhii Yaremko This journal article provides the information about the relation between major plot shapes, that was discovered by Prof Matthew Jockers, and the struggle that order leads against chaos.