Hero's Journey
Question 1 Out of the 12 elements of drama listed above, we focused on conflict. What did George Bernard Shaw mean when he said "No conflict, no drama"? II. Joseph Campbell The Hero's Journey is a classic story structure that's shared by stories worldwide. Coined by American professor of literature Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987). Campbell, who taught at Sarah Lawrence College, a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York, worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. (4:49 min) Question 2 What do you think Campbell means when he says, "if you are following your bliss"? ----------------------------------------- III Hero's Journey In 1949, Campbell published The Hero with a Thousand Faces , a book in which he discusses his theory of the mythological structure of the journey of the archetypal hero found in wor...