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In this paper I've explored some works of contemporary fantasy fiction through the lens of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The fantasy genre's formulaic similarity with ancient mythology illustrates the genre's importance to the collective imagination, and the universal need for a sense of enchantment in the modern world.
Americanization of the Greeks in Percy Jackson series
Darshini Gokli
Percy Jackson series is one of the most renowned bestsellers in the world of Young Adult Fiction. Rick Riordan’s this famous series is regarded as a major contributions in reviving and reworking the Greek mythology. But does this revival and reworking truly hold the essence of the original mythology? But the question is, are these books a good medium to introduce the readers to the Greek mythology? This paper tries to answer these questions. In the process of reworking Greek mythology and bringing it into the contemporary American world, Riordan has in fact changed the whole focus of the Greek mythology. He has super-impose American ideologies, culture and traditions over Greek ones. This paper looks at the ways in which Riordan has done this and how, in fact, it is not an appropriate way to revive mythology of not just Greek but any culture. To do the same, this paper analyses the five books of the Percy Jackson series; Percy Jackson and the Olympians- The Lightening Thief, Percy Jackson and the Olympians- The Sea of Monsters, Percy Jackson and the Olympians- The Titan’s Curse, Percy Jackson and the Olympians- The Battle of Labyrinth and Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief- The Last Olympian.
The monomyth today: the journey of the mythological hero in Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
2018 •
Guilherme Augusto Louzada Ferreira de Morais
In this article, my objective is to analyse and revise the classical hero model, based mainly on The Hero with a Thousand Faces,1 a theoretical apparatus of great importance with regard to the characterization of mythological heroes. Concurrently, I will demonstrate, from Campbell’s theory, how Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire’s author, performs in her work the monomyth, and how she inserted the model of the classical hero into the narrative road of her main character, Katniss Everdeen.
The Hero with A Thousand Faces A Study Guide For Your Journey
El Mehdi Oualji
Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies
Hero Mythology
2023 •
Jan A Kozák
Chapter summarizing the various major theories connected to the theme of the Hero's Journey (or Heroic Narrative Pattern, Monomyth etc.), presenting the models and explanations for the emergence of the narrative pattern. Beside the most famous authors - Rank, Raglan, Campbell, Propp - the chapter adds three more sections, one on the work of Jean Joseph Goux, one on the topic of the female heroine (which is sadly missing in all the older authors) and one on the topic of initiation structure.
Reconfiguring the Hero's Journey
Reconfiguring the Hero's Journey
2020 •
Houman Sadri
Thesis introductory chapter. This thesis examines key stages of the Hero’s Journey, or Monomyth, as set out by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) and finds that the pattern retains its pertinence and relevance in contemporary texts and media. This is accomplished through a close reading of selected contemporary texts which engage with the pattern. In doing this, the project appraises the ways in which the pattern and the chosen texts inform each other, as well as examining its continued usefulness as a critical tool, the better to shed new light on the Monomyth itself. The thesis is structured in the same way as the Hero’s Journey itself, beginning with the "Call to Adventure" and ending with the "Master of the Two Worlds." These close examinations, each presented in a stand-alone article, serve as arguments for the pattern’s continued validity as a tool for understanding story. The narratives with which it engages represent a number of different genres and media, including Young Adult literature, action cinema, superhero comics and autobiographical graphic novels. Through these readings it is shown that the Monomyth still informs, and is informed by, these texts. These readings work toward a new way of looking at the pattern: as a representation of the liminal space between the two established modes of existence of a story’s protagonist. Representing all that happens between the time the hero leaves the mundane world in which he has lived, and the time he returns to it transformed, the Hero’s Journey is found to represent a productive liminality that allows the hero to transition from one stage of life to the next. Revisiting the pattern using contemporary texts and media helps to bring to light its continued usefulness as a critical framework from which to assess the heroic narratives of today.
The Figure of the Greek Hero in Homer's Iliad
Arushi Bahuguna
The Journal of the Historical Society
Progeny of the Warrior: Dean Miller's Epic Heroes
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David Konstan
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