1 / 12

The Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey. An Archetypal Story. Archetype. A pattern, such as a type of character or type of story, that is repeated in literature. The hero’s journey, some say, may be one of the oldest Archetypes on the planet!. Joseph Campbell.

wirt
Download Presentation

The Hero’s Journey

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Hero’s Journey An Archetypal Story

  2. Archetype A pattern, such as a type of character or type of story, that is repeated in literature.

  3. The hero’s journey, some say, may be one of the oldest Archetypes on the planet!

  4. Joseph Campbell Identified and labeled the hero’s journey and it’s components. Considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on mythology Wrote, The Hero with a Thousand Faces- states that all storytelling follows ancient patterns of myths and use elements of the hero’s journey Monomyth- one myth George Lucas consulted with him for the Star Wars trilogy Hero’s journey is a metaphor for life and its function is to entertain, instruct, and inspire

  5. I The Departure

  6. I The Departure

  7. II Initiation

  8. II Initiation

  9. III Return

  10. III Return

  11. Common Elements • Young hero yearns for adventure (innocence vs. wisdom) • Mentor/oracle- trains the hero in some way, offers guidance • Two worlds (mundane and fantastic) • Prophecy – a legend that must be fulfilled (not a requirement) • Failed Hero- someone doesn’t (or almost doesn’t) make it • Wearing the “enemy’s skin”- disguise • “Shape-shifter”- trickster, the person with unknown loyalties (two-faced)

  12. Discussion • How is the Hero’s Journey a metaphor for life? • How does an ordinary hero, like ourselves, benefit from the hero’s journey? • How does this change your definition a hero?

More Related