Campbell’s Monomyth: The Quest of the Mythic Hero

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Campbell’s Monomyth: The Quest of the Mythic Hero is not a teaching guide, though it does provide the material needed to teach the monomyth. The 48-page guide combines material from our comprehensive guide, The Hero’s Journey: The Path of Transformation, with new material to provide an in-depth exploration of Joseph Campbell’s model of the Hero’s Journey. Included is a chapter examining rites of passage, which Campbell called the “nuclear unit” of the monomyth. The guide is illustrated with diagrams, quotes and charts that will aid in understanding monomyth or be of value to individuals who want to teach the monomyth or use it in their work.

NOTE: Most of the material in Campbell’s Monomyth is included in our comprehensive guide, The Hero’s Journey: The Path of Transformation.

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Joseph Campbell’s monomyth is the standard model for the Hero’s Journey pattern. However, even Campbell acknowledged that creating a single model of the journey is almost impossible because individual journeys have an infinite number of variables. Our guide addresses this complexity by consolidating Campbell’s original 17 stages into a simpler eight-stage model that better illustrates the transformative process Campbell described in the monomyth.

Campbell’s Monomyth: The Quest of the Mythic Hero begins with introductory material on Campbell and the history of research on the Hero’s Journey. It moves from there to an analysis of the Rite of Passage, which Campbell called the “nuclear unit” of the monomyth because it embodies the transformational process he described in his model. To balance our exploration of the monomyth, the guide presents a brief look at criticisms of Campbell and the challenges one faces when studying or teaching his work. Then the guide presents an in-depth analysis of the monomyth and its stages.

The guide finishes with seven diagrams of the hero’s journey, including the 17-stage model Campbell presents in Part One of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the 4- or 6-stage model he presents in his summary paragraph late in the book, and our consolidated eight-stage model.

Campbell’s Monomyth: The Quest of the Mythic Hero will give you a deeper understanding of the monomyth and its transformative process. It does this with careful research, a wealth of illustrations, and dozens of quotes from Campbell and others that will both explain the monomyth and deepen your understanding of it.

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CONTENTS

1. Joseph Campbell: An Overview and the Journey as Narrative
The overview and lesson plan includes a brief introduction to the unit, key concepts, objectives, a suggested approach, possible enrichment activities and key points for assessment.

2. Ritual and Rite of Passage
Campbell called the Rite of Passage the “nuclear unit” of the Hero’s Journey. This chapter explores rituals and Rites of Passage and how they help guide us through significant points of passage in our lives. It examines the concept of transformation of consciousness, which Campbell said was the essence of the journey process.

3. The Monomyth: Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey
This chapter explores the place of Campbell in the history of hero’s journey research and the three versions of the monomyth Campbell presents in “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” Then we look at criticisms of Campbell’s work and the challenges we face in studying or teaching it. The chapter finishes with an in-depth exploration of the monomyth as Campbell intended it: as the pattern for the transformation of consciousness.

4. Monomyth Summary Tables
We present two tables which summarize and clarify Campbell’s monomyth: a single page table comparing our eight-stage consolidated model to the original 17 stages and a three-page chart using concise explanations and quotes from Campbell to summarize the original 17 stages .

5. The Monomyth in Diagrams
This section presents seven diagrams that illustrate the monomyth in various ways. While these charts will help readers understand the monomyth, they are designed primarily for teachers and others who will be working with or instructing groups.

6. References, Resources and Suggested Reading

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