![]() ![]() Campbell? Ah, that’s right, I’d forgotten: you beat the stuffing out of his heroic monomyth in your movie this year.įor those unfamiliar with the term: Campbell’s monomyth, also known as the “Hero’s Quest” or “Hero’s Journey,” is a narrative pattern derived from his extensive analysis of myths and stories from all around the world. Trust me, you’ll have a lot to talk about. Guardians, I’d like you to meet 20th-century mythology theorist Joseph Campbell. Meet the morally gray protagonists of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the film that raked in $770 million at the box office this past summer and was just released on DVD. ![]() BagoGames/Flickr, CC BYĪ beautiful assassin. David Lewis The Guardians of the Galaxy – whose protagonists are a morally-gray motley crew – could be seen as a satire of the classic hero tradition. ![]() 48: Guardians of the Galaxy and the Fall of the Classic Hero (Lewis)īy A. ![]()
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