Re-envisioning Myth in Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Contrary to some commentaries, Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens maintains the mythic tenor of the popular film series but does so through a more subtle and nuanced use of mythological archetypes that follows not Joseph Campbell's somewhat basic "hero's journey" model but...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-15 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Star wars: episode VII - The force awakens
/ Myth
/ Archetype
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Star Wars
B The Force Awakens B Feminist B Myth B Archetype B Initiation |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Contrary to some commentaries, Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens maintains the mythic tenor of the popular film series but does so through a more subtle and nuanced use of mythological archetypes that follows not Joseph Campbell's somewhat basic "hero's journey" model but, rather, the re-creative mode of mythmaking discussed by theorists like Northrop Frye and Claude Lévi-Strauss. Through this method, The Force Awakens cleverly repurposes various classical, Biblical, Celtic, and Arthurian types, reaching deep into the ancient Indo-European tradition in some cases, and reinterprets the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, in particular, so as to present a contemporary feminine/feminist initiation myth. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2017-0017 |
