Has storytelling become more opaque?
I recently wrote a blog posting suggesting that it had.
Now I’ve just read a fascinating book called “The Science Of Storytelling” by Will Storr (2019) in which there is a sentence that I think supports my view that serious storytelling has become more opaque or challenging:
“Expert readers understand that the patterns of change they’ll encounter in art-house movies and literary or experimental fiction will be enigmatic and subtle, the causes and effects so ambiguous that they become a wonderful puzzle that stays with them months and even years after reading.”
You can read my review of Storr’s book here.