Essays about: "Monomyth"

Found 5 essays containing the word Monomyth.

  1. 1. "Stick vs. Rope. Gun vs. Strand." : The Monomyth and the Hero as Warrior in Kojima Productions' 2019 Video Game Death Stranding

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Beatrice Näsling; [2022]
    Keywords : Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; video game; Joseph Campbell; monomyth; hero s journey; violence; heroic archetypes.; Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; TV-spel; Joseph Campbell; monomyt; hjältens resa; våld; hjältearketyper;

    Abstract : Released in 2019, the video game Death Stranding follows the monomythic structure described by Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The journey begins with the protagonist, Sam “Porter” Bridges, reluctantly accepting his calls to adventure, and, as he begins to move west, he receives supernatural aid from an increasing number of helpers he encounters along the way. READ MORE

  3. 2. Robert Langdon's Hero's Journey : Reading the Novels of Dan Brown with the perspective of the Monomyth

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Emma Klevskog; [2017]
    Keywords : Robert Langdon; Hero s Journey; Female Helpers; Dan Brown; Joseph Campbell; The Monomyth; The Da Vinci Code; Inferno; Angels and Demons; The Lost Symbol.;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the characteristics of Robert Langdon and his female helpers in Dan Brown’s novels Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost symbol and Inferno.  In each of these novels, the quests are always solved by a male-female team. READ MORE

  4. 3. Crossing the Threshold: Teaching Transmedial Narratology with Videogames and Film

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Martin Klinge; [2017]
    Keywords : Hero’s Journey; transmedial narratology; media; narrative structure; teaching.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is threefold. First, to look at the curriculum of English in the upper secondary classroom and what the role of narratology is. Secondly, an analysis of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) and Journey (2012) through Campbell’s monomyth and how the stages are presented to the viewer/player. READ MORE

  5. 4. CALL TO ADVENTURE: A comparison between the outsets of Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins in J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Per Lundberg; [2016-03-02]
    Keywords : J.R.R. Tolkien; monomyth; Joseph Campbell; Call to adventure;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore and analyse two specific events in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth mythology, namely the departures from Hobbiton of the two hobbits Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins. READ MORE

  6. 5. In Pursuit of the Hero : Mythological Heroic Structures in J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter Series

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Kamal Ahmed; [2013]
    Keywords : Campbell; Harry Potter; Heroic Structures; Monomyth; Mythology; Rank;

    Abstract : Criticism of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has maintained that its popularity stems from a well-marketed, repetitive and simple structure. However, this essay considers that this success derives from recognizable mythological heroic structures. READ MORE