Starting a new blogchain: Storytelling: Harmon vs. McKee
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I don't think it affects your core thesis, but there's a widespread and uniquely (white? Middle class?) American folklore tradition that you didn't mention: the campfire story.
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Obviously "telling stories around a campfire" is not an American invention, but I do think there's a tradition of such stories--devoid of pre-modern continuity like the rest of our folklore--that is uniquely or at least quintessentially American. Am I wrong?
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Possibly. Gotta factor in American tendency to name, classify, package and self-market everything in a legible way. The legibility may lead to more continuity than elsewhere. But by that standard American high school stories are also unique. Jocks vs nerds, band amp etc.
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