Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:54:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Aldemir Farias da Silva.pdf: 11344482 bytes, checksum: 05dfab8d9a779bb1e7409740b7d34c56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / As immemorial reserves of the human condition, the myths are present in all societies. They organize cosmovisions, propose solutions to dilemmas, enigmas and contradictions that the real world cannot solve. As machines of time suppression, as defined by Claude Lévi-Strauss, the mythic narratives do not submit themselves to the linearity of history. Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), centerpiece of this thesis, a north-american born in New York, occupies a place of great remark in the pantheon of mythological interpretations. The greatness of his work is more than recognized, although the comprehension of his ideas still remains shy in Human Sciences. It is a body of work that is open to the various cultural devices which, beyond science, include literature and cinema, the latter being responsible for the popularization of Campbell‟s ideas with the Star Wars series. The thesis invests in the life and work dialogism from a bibliographic incursion; it traces the most representative itineraries of Campbell‟s life (Stephen and Robin Larsen) which led him to discuss the functions and potentialities of myth in contemporary society; it sketches the scenery of science in the interior from which emerges the north-american mythologist; it exposes a synthetic archaeology of the figures which constitute The Hero of a Thousand Faces; it exposes the author‟s arguments concerning his treatment of the recurring themes in mythical narratives (cultural diversity) towards the universality of culture (archetypical unity of the myths); it presents the chronological mapping of the author‟s work in the original editions in English and its translations in Brazil; it exposes and problematizes stemming from the research on the Thesis‟ Database of Capes the resonance of Campbell‟s ideas in the Brazilian scientific production (1990-2010); and it presents, in full, interviews with two experts and translators of the author‟s works to Portuguese. The central argument of this thesis is the indissoluble relationship between the author‟s lived experience and interest for the study of myths, that is, the contingencies of life which illuminate the choice of a study theme, above all those which are rooted in infancy and adolescence. Because he is a transdisciplinary thinker who moved in the dominions of art, literature, science and religion, the polyphony contained in his compared study of world mythologies demanded, from this research, a dialogue with authors from different and complementary areas like Carl Gustav Jung, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Edgar Morin among others. The basic interpretative soil centered on nineteen fundamental works translated in Brazil. The thesis has as a horizon to establish connections between science and arts, towards the constitution of a fundamental anthropology of universalist, complex and transdisciplinary base / Reservas imemoriais da condição humana, os mitos estão presentes em todas as sociedades. Organizam cosmovisões, propõem soluções para dilemas, enigmas e contradições que o mundo real não consegue resolver. Máquinas de supressão do tempo, como definiu Claude Lévi-Strauss, as narrativas míticas não se submetem à linearidade da história. Tema central desta tese, Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), norte-americano nascido em Nova York, ocupa lugar de destaque no panteão das interpretações mitológicas. A grandeza de sua obra é mais do que reconhecida, embora a compreensão de suas ideias ainda permaneça tímida nas Ciências Humanas. Trata-se de uma obra aberta aos diversos dispositivos da cultura que, além da ciência, inclui a literatura e o cinema, esse último responsável pela popularização das ideias de Campbell com a série Guerra nas Estrelas. A tese investe na dialogia vida e obra a partir de uma incursão bibliográfica; traça os itinerários mais representativos da vida de Campbell (Stephen e Robin Larsen) que o levaram a discutir as funções e potencialidades do mito na sociedade contemporânea; esboça o cenário da ciência no interior do qual desponta o mitólogo norte-americano; expõe uma sintética arqueologia das figuras que constituem O herói de mil faces; expõe os argumentos do autor no que diz respeito ao seu tratamento dos temas recorrentes nas narrativas míticas (diversidade cultural) em direção à universalidade da cultura (unidade arquetípica dos mitos); apresenta o mapeamento cronológico da obra do autor nas edições originais em inglês e suas traduções no Brasil; expõe e problematiza, a partir da pesquisa no Banco de Teses da Capes, as ressonâncias das ideias de Campbell na produção científica brasileira (1990-2010); e apresenta, na íntegra, entrevistas com duas conhecedoras e tradutoras para o português da obra do autor. O argumento central da tese é a relação indissociável entre a experiência vivida do autor e o interesse pelo estudo dos mitos, isto é, as contingências da vida que iluminam a escolha de um tema de estudo, sobretudo aquelas que estão enraizadas na infância e adolescência. Por ser um pensador transdisciplinar que transitou nos domínios da arte, da literatura, da ciência, da religião, a polifonia contida em seu estudo comparado das mitologias do mundo exigiu, desta pesquisa, um diálogo com autores de áreas distintas e complementares, como Carl Gustav Jung, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Edgar Morin, entre outros. O solo interpretativo básico centrou-se em dezenove obras fundamentais traduzidas no Brasil. A tese tem como horizonte estabelecer conexões entre ciências e arte, em direção à constituição de uma Antropologia fundamental de base universalista, complexa e transdisciplinar

This thesis explores the development of individuality in Nigerian books for young adults, Akata Witch and Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor. For that, the literary concepts of young adult literature and the heroic journey (monomyth) is used. This thesis aims to prove that the heroic journey framework may be applied to young adult literature, primarily concerning the formation of identity resulting a certain correlation between the two types of narrative. Based on the description of concepts of literary theory, such as the Other, described by Robyn McCallum, and the individual constitutive elements of the heroic journey, in the theoretical part, the analysis from both vantage points and subsequent correlation between them is described in the practical part. The two books that are analysed are described from the point of three major concepts of young adult literature and all twenty six steps of the heroic journey, based on Campbell and other literary theorists. Based on this analysis, it is concluded that there is a certain correlation between the two narrative frameworks. It is especially similar concerning the growth of individuality of its protagonists. Despite there being a correlation among the two types of narrative, young adult literature and the heroic journey, certain elements do not have...

Disney's Hercules is an apt modern reception of the ancient mythology of Herakles, acknowledging ancient and modern sources surrounding three types of classical hero: the archetypal hero, influenced by the ideas of Joseph Campbell; the Pan-Hellenic hero, distilled from ancient Greek exempla of heroism from epic and other genres of ancient literature; and the tragic hero, inspired by the heroic criteria presented in Aristotle's Poetics. By adapting these heroic types from their traditional ancient source myths, Disney's Hercules produces a new, contemporary definition of heroism—one informed by modern, Western family values. This adaptation renews the power of the myth of Herakles for a modern era, whose image and characteristics have been changed and adapted since ancient times to suit each receiving culture's conception of true heroism.

Kazimierz Dabrowski’s psychological theory of positive disintegration is a lesser known theory of personality development that offers an alternative critical perspective of literature. It provides a framework for the characterization of postmodern protagonists who move beyond heroic indoctrination to construct their own self-organized, autonomous identities. Ezra Pound’s The Cantos captures the speaker-poet’s extensive process of inner conflict, providing a unique opportunity to track the progress of the hero’s transformation into a personality, or a man. American Gods is a more fully realized portrayal of a character who undergoes the complete paradigmatic collapse of positive disintegration and deliberate self-derived self-revision in a more distilled linear fashion. Importantly, using a Dabrowskian lens to re-examine contemporary literature that has evolved to portray how the experience of psychopathology leads to metaphorical death—which may have any combination of negative or positive outcomes—has not only socio-cultural significance but important personal implications as well.

This study has conducted an analysis of how the monomyth has appeared in the fantasy story Diamond sword wooden sword part 1 and 2 by Nick Perumov. The study has confirmed that the story structure of the monomyth can be detected within several different characters progression. The study does not claim that all of the different stages within the monomyth can be identified within one single characters, but rather that there are several different characters that reinvents the world and the community. Speculations about why the authors story structure follows a ”divided” version of the hero’s journey are presented. The study also conducts an analysis of Perumovs construction of the society, male characters and female characters, which showed no distinct division in the construction of the two genders within the story. The construction of the society is discussed in light of the authors national upbringing, in this case the former Soviet Union, and briefly how the conflict in the world of Melin could be inspired by the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.

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