PPT-Hero’s Journey

The Quest Story Pattern The Pattern Call to Adventure Usually a divine being brings a message to the hero in his everyday life Threshold The hero embarks on his journey leaving everything familiar behind. Pre-Writing – Gathering material, doing your thinking, pulling your research together. Outlining – Using your pre-writing material to create a structure for your piece. Drafting – Turning the outline into an actual written piece. Hero’s Journey. Joseph Campbell. American Mythologist and Writer. His theory: “All mythic narratives follow a common pattern regardless of their time of creation.”. “The Hero with A Thousand Faces”. British Literature. Characteristics of an Epic. The hero is . of noble birth or high position. The hero’s . reflects the ideals of society. The hero . performs courageous deeds. The hero’s . actions determine the fate of many. The . journey sends the hero in search for some truth of information necessary to restore fertility, justice, . and/or . harmony to the kingdom. The journey includes the series of trials and tribulations the hero faces along the way. . Joseph Campbell. Most quotes are from . The Power of Myth. Taken from . www.emich.edu/public/english/childlit/. Monomyth. .. ppt. Moyers: Why are there so many stories of the hero in mythology?. Campbell: Because that. “The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. - Joseph Campbell. Why do we tell stories?. How can fiction reveal the truth?. Why do patterns exist in stories?. The Hero’s Journey. The Hero/ . Heroinne. This protagonist is almost always . unparented. . The hero or heroine must accept the journey, then overcome obstacles, usually with the help of companions. . Book . (1). Choose one of the following books to read. Please see the next few slides. I have included excerpts from each book.. Complete the worksheets in the packet identifying the archetypes and the steps in the hero’s journey.. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Epic- . when a work meets at least the following criteria:. It is a long verse narrative on a serious subject. Told in a formal and elevated style. Centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure on whose actions depends the fate of a tribe, a nation, or the human race.. The Separation. Initiation and Transformation. The Return. Why study the Hero’s Journey?. It is the pattern of human experience.. Every challenge we face in life is a journey.. It is a process of self discovery.. http://www.ifoundries.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/journey-image-1.jpg. The Quest . A Journey in which the hero goes in search of something valuable. What he finds is often not exactly what he was looking for. Epic. -a.  . long.  poetic.  composition, usually centered upon . a . hero. in which a series of great obstacles and majestic achievements occur.. Myth. -. a story that explains an unexplainable event.. The Departure. The Call to Adventure:. The call to adventure is the point in a person's life when he or she is first given notice that everything is going to change, whether he or she knows it or not. . The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell that appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development. . . It describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group, tribe, or civilization. .