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aquandrian

the hero with a thousand whinges

Mar 24, 2005 16:22

At the risk of this turning into a blow-by-blow series of entries, that was an incredibly annoying article.

Fantasy And The Classic Hero, Natalie Babbitt, from Innocence and Experience: Essays & Conversations on Children's Literature, edited by Barbara Harrison and Gregory Maguire. Well, the first time I flipped through the booklet of readings, I ( Read more... )

writerly wankery, joseph campbell, vast, qaf

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shaula82 March 24 2005, 07:30:02 UTC

Ahh, so delightfully in two minds...I love that, Dri. It's like...Smackdown! But..I can kind of see where she's coming from...no, wait...Smackdown!

What kind of stuff does Joseph Campbell write? I assume it's children's lit?

Have fun at you aunt's place, do lots of uni work enjoy Jon!

aquandrian March 24 2005, 13:45:01 UTC

i really don't explain things very well, do i? failure to contextualise ...

The Hero With A Thousand Faces is a literary psychoanalytical cultural comparative religion practically uncategorisable book about the similarities of hero myths across cultures down through the ages. Here's me gabbing on about it with selective quotes.

Seriously, Andi, you'd blow that thesis out of the water if you read this before you tackled the notion of androids in tales. I'm sure you will come across references to Campbell in your readings about stories and hero characterisations but this is one case where going to the source will blow your mind wide open in the bestest way.

There'll be a copy in every library and almost every bookshop. And if you like, I can lend you mine (i think i've even written in the margins ... ;p).

SMACKDOWN WHEEE!

rhiannonhero March 24 2005, 16:53:55 UTC

"y'know, it's odd. I'm finding I'm kinda moving away from the whole reverence of Shakespeare thing."

This amused me because literally just yesterday I was sitting and amusedly entertaining myself with a fake conversation with a fake person (also know as playing pretend but I might be too old for that) and imagining that the person said to me, "Yeah, I think Shakespeare is entirely overrated."

As for that woman, I agree with you that I can't fathom how she didn't know of Campbell beforehand. And, seriously, whatever man, you know? If she wants to write it, she should write it, and shut up about Campbell's usurptation (sp?) of her writings, because duh it's all been said before ( ... )

aquandrian March 25 2005, 00:50:36 UTC

amusedly entertaining myself with a fake conversation with a fake person (also know as playing pretend*snorfle* I do that too! And as much as some part of me thinks everyone does, I've never actually heard anyone admit it. It's funny how usually the other person in this pretend conversation has all my opinions and is incredibly rude and arrogant about them. :p ( ... )