1. McCutcheon
Eng 12CP
DUE: ________
Cornell Notes Focus Questions
“One Story” Chapter
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster
Instructions: Your Cornell notesshould ultimately address the following questions and concepts articulated below. That said , you
are not just merely sticking to thisinformation alone and your notes should NOT merely be a list of these questions with answers.
You are to use your noteson the entire chapterto address the main idea points presented here.
1. What is the one story theory? Explain in depth.
2. Why do writers keeptelling the same story over and over? Why do readers keepreading
stories if it is merely the same story over and over?
3. Define, offer examples, and explain intertextuality in terms of the theory of one story.
4. Define archetypes and explain their roles & functions in the theory of one story.
KEY VOCABULARY: One Story Theory, intertextuality, parody archetypes
FOCUS CORRECTIONAL AREAS
________/ 30 Total Points
MRS J YOU TOTAL
PTS
10 All main idea questions prompted (above) are fully addressed/answered.
5 Each key vocabulary word appears highlighted/underlined and accurately defined.
5 Key Concepts include a record ofat least 8-10 key ideas expressed directly in the
text (should appear as a balance between direct quoting and key phrases/points).
5 Recorded Notes include thorough and accurate responses to the Key Concepts
section by specifically referencing details from the text.
5 Summary fully and accurately sums up, in 6-8 sentences minimum, at least 5 main
ideas expressed in the chapter.
Requirements:
❏ MLA format; types (unless otherwise approved)
❏ Cornell notes format (must include Key Concepts, Recorded Notes, & Summary sections)
❏ Chapter title in quotation marks and book title in italics/underline
❏ Notes appear in “short-hand” techniques are used in that bullet points, indentation,
highlighting/bolding/underlining appear to organize the chapter in notation form
Gavin Lundy- McCutcheon
2. McCutcheon
Eng 12CP
Mrs. Jenkins
English 12CP
29 October 2015
“One Story Theory”
KEY CONCEPTS RECORDED NOTES
What is the “One Story Theory”?
What is Intertextuality?
What are Archtypes and are there
different types?
Who is Joseph Campbell?
The One Story Theory is a theory everything follows one simple
story line. Every story follows these simple events:
● the lonely orphan
● the evil villain
● villain tries to take over
● hero (otherwise known as the orphan) beats the villain
● everyone lives happily ever after
Ex. “Lion King”, “Star Wars”, “Batman”, etc.
All these story share the same intertextuality.
Intertextuality
Intertextuality to me is the way of saying borrowing or rewriting in
literature or movie terms. This also applies to series of books or
movies taking the story line and caring it on to the next release.
Inter= in/ inside
Text= literature
2 forms of Intertextuality:
1. Allusion- referencing another piece of literature
2. Parodies- humorous imitating
a. recreating a scene from a movies or phrase from a
movies but throwing humor into it.
Archetypes
Creator of Archetypes is Carl Jung a.k.a the “God Father” of
Archetypes. Jung was a psychologist who was one of the first
people to study “universal patterns” on the human mind.
● Archetypes- original model or pattern
○ Greek Roots:
■ Archein- original or old
■ Typos- pattern, model, or type
12 types of Archetypes
1. Ego- Innocent, Orphan, Hero, Caregiver
2. Soul- Explorer, Rebel, Lover, Creator
3. Self- Jester, Sage, Magician, Rules
Joseph Campbell: Monomyth
● Follower of Carl Jung’s ideas
3. McCutcheon
Eng 12CP
Why do writer continue to tell the
same Story?
Why we continue to read stories if
we know this is the case?
● He applied the ideas of Jung to stories and mythology
● Author of “A Hero With a Thousand Faces”- Hero’s
Journey
○ Mono: One
○ HERO: A person who gives themselves up for the
greater good
Writers continue to tell the same story because writers have
Mental Databases of other stories that they have read. As they write
the writers begin to cycle other author's ideas into their stories
without even recognizing. This is a proven statement do to the
theory of intertextuality as explained before. Authors can longer be
completely original in literature or even put a single strand of word
together to be unique because of the depth and amount of literature
or music in the world.
Reasons why we still read:
● Most people don’t like change
● People love the feeling of being able to guess the ending
● Change= confusion
● People usually stick to a single author or type of genre do to
the similarity of structure and storyline
SUMMARY: In this Chapter of “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” they talking about the One
Story Theory, Intertextuality, and Archetypes. The One Story Theory is a theory that all stories follow a
similar storyline or plot. An example of this a “Heroes Journey” written by Joseph Campbell.
Intertextuality is a form of borrowing or recreating scenes and events in stories or movies. “The
Simpsons” are an example of intertextuality called a parody because they show the events in a humorous
or funny way. The next thing covered in this chapter are Archetypes. Archetypes are the original model or
pattern in which something is told or done. There are 12 types of Archetypes, there forms are Ego, Soul,
and Self. Finally the last thing cover was the theory of “Why do writer continue to write the same story?”
and this is because of the One Story Theory and Intertextuality and the Archetypes.
