The first parable comes from the Judy Canova Show. It was a radio comedy program from the 1940s. The humor, especially little skits that are supposed to be drawn from Judy's childhood, embrace a certain "hillbilly humor." This is a story loosely based on a one-off joke in one of these skits. It is funny …
Continue reading Uncle Clem Fell Down in the Well— Two Parables
The previous post was dedicated to the illustration of the story wheel. It is based on work by Sacks, as well as Crossan. But it seemed valuable to me to add 'antimyth.' The reason is that a myth ultimately establishes the underlying worldview of the culture. In fact all of the story types (the weakest …
Below is the Story Wheel... loosely based on work by Sheldon Sacks and John Dominic Crossan. Will talk about it more in Part II. a Part 2 is HERE.