After you have read the first half of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, watch the following videos and then write a post in response to the Blog Prompt below:
The Big Picture: Instructor Videos
Watch the following videos for a greater understanding of the underlying concepts of Campbell’s book. In the video I will cover such things as:
- Monomyth: Microcosm and Macrocosm, Inner and Outer, Part and Whole
- The Hero’s Initiation into the Mysteries
- Eternity and Time
Videos:
- The One, Shape-Shifting yet Marvelously Constant Story
- Joyful Participation in the Sorrows
- The Nonduality of Tragedy and Comedy
Prompt for Campbell Blog Post #1
Then in your blog post explore the following points:
- What are the typical stages in the Hero’s Journey as Campbell describes it?
- What seems to be Campbell’s major point (or points) in his Prologue, entitled “The Monomyth”?
- How do you see Campbell’s description of the Hero’s Journey illustrating the principles he is concerned with in the “Monomyth” Prologue?