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Walter Benjamin - The Storyteller. Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Storyteller” concerns itself with the incommunicability of experiences in the modern world. Published in 1936, the essay attributes the fall of the storyteller to a time in history devoid of shared experiences. According to Benjamin, people have become unable to reflect accurately upon their experiences, in part because of the dramatic influx and rapid distribution of information in the early twentieth century. Moreover, he asserts that the rise of information is incompatible with storytelling, and contributed to the diminished efficacy of the storyteller.
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“The Storyteller” by Walter Benjamin from Hale, Dorothy J, Ed. The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
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