Millennial mythmaking : essays on the power of science fiction and fantasy literature, films and games / edited by John Perlich and David Whitt.
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Perlich, John R. (redaktör/utgivare)
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Whitt, David (redaktör/utgivare)
- ISBN 9780786445622
- Publicerad: Jefferson, N.C. McFarland & Co. cop. 2010
- Engelska x, 202 p.
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Sammanfattning
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- Sorting heroic choices: green and red in the Harry Potter septology / Kirstin Cronn-Mills and Jessica Samens -- The complexity of evil in modern mythology: the evolution of the wicked witch of the West / Jason Edwards and Brian Klosa -- Polysemous myth: incongruity in Planet of the apes / Richard Besel and Reneé Smith Besel -- The hero with the thousand-and-first face: Miyazaki's girl quester in Spirited away and Campbell's Monomyth / Dee Geortz -- The odyssey of Madame Souza: a heroine's quest in The triplets of Belleville / David Whitt -- Rethinking the monomyth: Pan's labyrinth and the face of a new hero(ine) / John Perlich -- Actors and their mythic heroes: from the doctor to Captain Kirk / Djoymi Baker -- Running free in Angelina Jolie's virtual body: the myth of the new frontier and gender liberaton in Second life / Ellen Gorsevski -- So where do I go from here? Ghost in the shell and imagining cyborg mythology for the new millennium / Jay Scott Chipman.
- "These nine essays from a variety of disciplines expand upon the writings of Joseph Campbell. Modern examples of myths from various sources such as Planet of the Apes, Wicked, Pan's Labyrinth,and Spirited Away; the Harry Potter series; and Second Life are analyzed as creative mythology and a representation of contemporary culture and emerging technology"--Provided by publisher.
Ämnesord
- Myter i filmen (sao)
- Myter i litteraturen (sao)
- Science fiction -- historia (sao)
- Myth in motion pictures. (LCSH)
- Myth in literature. (LCSH)
- Fantasy films -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Science fiction films -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Science fiction -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Fantasy -- historia (sao)
- Science fiction-film -- historia (sao)
- Fantasy -- historia (sao)
Klassifikation
- 700.415 (DDC)
- I (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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