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
