Originally posted by: jack Spencer Jr
I've been reading Power of Myth by Campell and Moyers. Interesting stuff, especially about how Campell says we no longer have myths. However, in the novel (not the movie) Sphere, during a discussion of the Disney version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a character reflected that movies and television are our new myths.
What do you think of that?
I've been reading Power of Myth by Campell and Moyers. Interesting stuff, especially about how Campell says we no longer have myths. However, in the novel (not the movie) Sphere, during a discussion of the Disney version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a character reflected that movies and television are our new myths.
What do you think of that?
Are you referring to Joseph Campbell, who also wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces? If so, his writings inspired George Lucas to write Star Wars as a modern heroic myth set in space. In fact, I think Campbell was quoted as saying that Lucas was one of his finest students. In Thousand Faces, Campbell contends that the heroic myth (and others) is something that has been repeated throughout history, and needs to be retold again and again for each new generation. He says that the symbolism and archetypes of these myths are somehow imbedded in our unconscious mind, which is why they continue to resonate.
One need only read a comic book to know that the modern myth lives on.