REL572 - Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Prerequisites: None

Textbook: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

Videos: The interviews in the first five episodes were filmed at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in California, with the sixth interview conducted at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, during the final two summers of Campbell's life. (The series was broadcast on television a year after his death.) In these discussions, Campbell presents his ideas about comparative mythology and the ongoing role of myth in human society. These talks include excerpts from Campbell's seminal work The Hero with a Thousand Faces.