53. How Stories Shape the Way We Think About Love

About this episode

The episode discusses how narratives shape our understanding of love through the lens of Ursula Le Guin's carrier bag theory of fiction.

If domination and conflict are not central components of narrative, what is? Today we're chatting about the carrier bag theory of fiction by Ursula Le Guin and love as a way of gathering and sharing the world. I hope you enjoy! REFERENCES: - The carrier bag theory of fiction - inventing the renaissance - Love is about being invested in someone’s continual expansion Connect with me: VLOG CHANNEL 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services

People in this episode

Host: Anna Howard

Topics covered

• narrative
• love
• Ursula Le Guin
• carrier bag theory
• storytelling
• society
• culture

Keywords

• stories
• love
• narrative theory
• Ursula Le Guin
• carrier bag theory
• storytelling
• society
• culture

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Books & works: The carrier bag theory of fiction

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