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One of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th century, Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces is an elaborate articulation of the monomyth: the narrative pattern underlying countless stories from the most ancient myths and legends to the films and television series of today. The monomyth's fundamental storyline, in Campbell's words, sees "the hero venture forth from the world of the common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons to his fellow man." Campbell asserted that the hero is each of us--thus the monomyth's endurance as a compelling plot structure.
This study examines the monomyth in the context of Campbell's The Hero and discusses the use of this versatile narrative in 26 films and two television shows produced between 1960 and 2009, including the initial Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983), The Time Machine (1960), Logan's Run (1976), Escape from New York (1981), Tron (1982), The Terminator (1984), The Matrix (1999), the first 11 Star Trek films (1979-2009), and the Sci Fi Channel's miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003).
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction—On Joseph Campbell's Monomyth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces
1. George Lucas' Original Star Wars Trilogy
2. Before (and a Little After) A New Hope: The Time Machine, Logan's Run and Time After Time
3. Early '80s Cult Films: Escape from New York, Tron, Dreamscape and The Last Starfighter
4. Dune: Herbert's Novels, Lynch's Film and the Scifi Channel's Two Miniseries
5. The Terminator: Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese as a Composite Hero
6. Back to the Future: Science Fiction Film Comedy as Adolescent Wish Fulfillment Fantasy
7. Red Pills, Problematic Realities, Metaphorical Dreams and the Monomyth in Total Recall and The Matrix
8. Celebrating a Formula: The First Ten Star Trek Films
9. Star Trek Rebooted: J. J. Abrams' Star Trek
Notes
Bibliography and Filmography
Index
