Article from Michael Berube on how Harry Potter has helped his kid (who has Down's Syndrome) to understand narrative. (pdf) Some interesting reflections on the orphan/dead father factor, as well as on why we as people tell stories.
Could also assign this early on with Gilgamesh - some of the themes are similar: "we tell stories partially because we know we are going to die." (Reference here to Frank Kermode's The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, 1967)
Another reference to check out: EM Forster's Aspects of the Novel (1927), which states something along the lines of: "'The King died and then the queen died.' is a story. 'The King died and then the Queen died of grief.' is a plot."
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