AR202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lapiths
27 Jan 2016
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Cross-cultural heroism eg. j. campbell hero with a thousand faces : very learned classicist, put a very detailed structure to many cultures and saw the similar pattern. The quest for structure: the influence of structuralism eg. v. propp. Analyzed russian folktales and noticed they all had a similar structure: the diversity even in greek mythology. Diversity even in the same tradition and the same author eg. achilles v. The two most iconic heroes contradict each other. Heracles becomes and olympian god, perseus becomes a. Hero as the redeemer: example in prometheus, the god. Many similarities between the gods and heroes. Prometheus, a titan, helped out humans at his own expense. Odysseus losing all his men and being the only one to return home. Heracles working out his own personal problems: inspiring examples of heroes lead people to live a better, higher life. The culture hero: example in cadmus (cecrops) & theseus.
