Archive: Story Experiences

Sappho's Lyrics
Experience: Love
Narrative Technology: I Voice
"He seems to me a god/ that man/ listening to you/ chat sweetly/ and laugh like music,/ scattering my heart// When I look at you, I can't speak./ My tongue breaks/ and my skin is on fire."
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
Chinese Ode included in the Shijing of the Five Classics
Experience: Love
Narrative Technology: I Voice
"It is you I remember; but I see the law and I tremble"
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
The Story of Job (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi)
Experience: Moral Omniscience
Narrative Technology: Poetic Justice
The main character does not waver in his faith and God sees this, returning to him all that he had taken away
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025
Le Cid
Experience: Identification
Narrative Technology: Soliloquy
"My father or my bethrothed? Love or honor?/ Duty's harsh bonds or the heart's sweet tyranny?/ Either my happiness dies, or my name is ruined;/ One is bitter, the other unthinkable."
Contributed by: angusif
January 9, 2025