Fictions Flashcards
The self
The hero
The shadow
The villain
The anima
The feminine image in a man’s psyche
The animus
The masculine image in a woman’s psyche
The persona
How we present to the world
Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth
One myth
Depature
Hero leaves to go on a mission
Initiation
A symbolic, psychological shadow world e.g. Speed force (The Flash), or inner conciousness
Return
Comes back to the real world with some kind of transformation that can help the world
Genre
A style of text e.g. action, sci-fi, horror.
Vladmir Propp’s criticisms
Where does post-modernism fit in, what if the hero is female, can’t be applied to all narratives,
Vladmir Propp’s Quest Narrative
A general story in which a hero goes on a mission to find something, help someone or solve a mystery. The mission becomes difficult and the hero has to overcome obstacles and battle a villain. At the end of the mission, the hero gets a reward.
The hero
The good guy
The villain
The bad guy
The donor
Provides the hero with a magical property e.g. a super power
The helper
The hero’s aid, usually comedic relief
The princess
The hero’s reward and object of villain’s plans
The dispatcher
Sends the hero on his way
The false hero
Appears to be good but lacks heroic qualities
Binary opposition
Competing myths e.g. good vs evil, masculinity vs femininity, selfishness vs altruism.
