The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film / / Susan Mackey-Kallis.
In contemporary America, myths find expression primarily in film. What's more, many of the highest-grossing American movies of the past several decades have been rooted in one of the most fundamental mythic narratives, the hero quest. Why is the hero quest so persistently renewed and retold? In...
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Mackey-Kallis, Susan, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film / Susan Mackey-Kallis. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010] ©2001 1 online resource (272 p.) : 18 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: Mythological Criticism -- 2. The Perennial Journey Home -- 3. Reframing Homer's Odyssey -- 4. The Sacred Marriage Quest in American Film -- 5. The Father Quest in American Film -- PART II: Mythological Criticism in Sociohistorical Context -- 6. The Search for Home During the 1930s -- 7. Modern Challenges in the Home Quest: Reconciling Science and Technology with Humanity and Spirit -- PART III: Synthesis -- 8. The Star Wars Trilogy -- 9. Myth, the Contemporary Moment, and the Future -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In contemporary America, myths find expression primarily in film. What's more, many of the highest-grossing American movies of the past several decades have been rooted in one of the most fundamental mythic narratives, the hero quest. Why is the hero quest so persistently renewed and retold? In what ways does this universal myth manifest itself in American cinema? And what is the significance of the popularity of these modern myths?The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film by Susan Mackey-Kallis is an exploration of the appeal of films that recreate and reinterpret this mythic structure. She closely analyzes such films as E.T., the Star Wars trilogy, It's a Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King, Field of Dreams, The Piano, Thelma and Louise, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Elements of the quest mythology made popular by Joseph Campbell, Homer's Odyssey, the perennial philosophy of Aldous Huxley, and Jungian psychology all contribute to the compelling interpretive framework in which Mackey-Kallis crafts her study. She argues that the purpose of the hero quest is not limited to the discovery of some boon or Holy Grail, but also involves finding oneself and finding a home in the universe. The home that is sought is simultaneously the literal home from which the hero sets out and the terminus of the personal growth he or she undergoes during the journey back. Thus the quest, Mackey-Kallis asserts, is an outward journey into the world of action and events which eventually requires a journey inward if the hero is to grow, and ultimately necessitates a journey homeward if the hero is to understand the grail and share it with the culture at large. Finally, she examines the value of mythic criticism and addresses questions about myth currently being debated in the field of communication studies. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022) Heroes in motion pictures. Home in motion pictures. Myth in motion pictures. Media Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. bisacsh American History. American Studies. Cultural Studies. Film Studies. Literature. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection 9783110413458 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Social Sciences 9783110413618 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812217681 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200133 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812200133 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812200133/original |
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