The hero's journey for ESL teachers

MAKING THE COMPLEX SIMPLE: THE HERO’S JOURNEY IN FILM

2das Jornadas Internacionales Literatura y Medios Audiovisuales

en Lenguas Extranjeras

Universidad Nacional de San Martín lES en Lenguas Vivas “J.R. Fernández”

19, 20 y 21 septiembre 2013

Bárbara Paola García www.madaboutelt.com

SOMEONE WHO DID SOMETHING GREAT

SOMEONE WHO HELPS OTHERS

A PERSON WITH SPECIAL POWERS

AN ADVENTURER

SOMEONE WHO IS NEVER AFRAID

62% 35%

OTHERS

3%

Kids 11 to 14 years old

JOSEPH CAMPBELL AMERICAN MYTHOLOGIST

(1904-1987)

THE ARCHETYPAL HERO (FOLLOWING JUNG)

THE MONOMYTH (HERO’S JOURNEY)

A recurring pattern of character or situation found in mythology, religion and stories from all cultures

AN ARQUETYPE

Universal, the product of the collective unconscious and Inherited from our ancestors

We don’t “invent” arquetypes; they are part of our ancestral memory and they simply appear In religion and our production of art

The archetypal hero is not out there in the world; he/she is a deeply rooted part of us

ARQUETYPAL HEROES SHARE CERTAIN

CHARACTERISTICS

UNUSUAL BIRTH

SPECIAL WEAPON

SUPERNATURAL HELP

GREAT OBSTACLES

SEE THE PATTERN?

THE MONOMYTH

An ancient story pattern found In texts from hundreds of years ago as well as in new Hollywood blockbusters

An archetypal plot

An internal journey - the transformation from ordinary Into extraordinary

THE MONOMYTH

“lt will always be the one, shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find, together with a challenging persistent suggestion of more remaining to be experienced that will ever be known or told.” Joseph Campbell The Hero with the Thousand Faces

THE MONOMYTH

HARRY POTTER AND THE

SOURCERER’S STONE

THE WIZARD OF OZ

THE NARNIA CHRONICLES – THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Following Christopher Vogler The Writer’s Journey

DEPARTURE

THE HERO IS INTRODUCED IN HIS/HER ORDINARY WORLD 1

DEPARTURE

CALL TO ADVENTURE 2

DEPARTURE

REFUSAL OF THE CALL

3

DEPARTURE

MEETING WITH THE MENTOR 4

DEPARTURE

CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD 5

DEPARTURE

TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES 6

DEPARTURE

APPROACHING THE INMOST CAVE 7

INITIATION

ORDEAL (CENTRAL CRISIS) 8

INITIATION

REWARD 9

RETURN

THE ROAD BACK 10

RETURN

RESURRECTION 11

“Only birth can conquer death – not of the old thing again but of something new.” Joseph Campbell The Hero with a Thousand Faces

RETURN

RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR 12

There’s no place like home!

“HEROES TAKE UP JOURNEYS, CONFRONT DRAGONS, AND DISCOVER THE TREASURE OF THEIR TRUE SELVES.”

Carol Pearson

The Hero Within

WE ALL FIGHT OUR JABBERWOCKIES FROM TIME TO TIME.

RELAX AND

ENJOY THE JOURNEY!

IN THE CLASSROOM

http://www.readwritethink.org

IN THE CLASSROOM

http://www.readwritethink.org

IN THE CLASSROOM

http://marvel.com/games/play/31/create_your_own_superhero

IN THE CLASSROOM

www.comiclife.com

IN THE CLASSROOM

http://whatwouldyoulook.com/

Thank you!

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REFERENCES

Campbell, J. (1949) The Hero with a Thousand Faces. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

Pearson, C. (1944) The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By. New York: Harper & Row.

Vogler, C. (1998) The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. California: Michael Wiese Prod.