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A study guide for short fiction and film. Explore Joseph Campbell's "hero's journey" and other methods authors and filmmakers use to tell a great story.

  1. 03/21/2021

    The Privileged Hero - Black Panther

    A fight over the throne of Wakanda represents two opposing ideas of justice. Revenge can be sweet but effective leadership requires more substance.

    17 min

  2. 02/22/2021

    The Naive Hero - Clarice Starling : Silence of the Lambs

    Clarice Starling doesn't have experience, but she has instinct and determination. She's going to need both to catch a killer even with help from a cannibal psychopath in this analysis of Silence of the Lambs.

    19 min

  3. 01/31/2021

    The Disguised Hero - Django

    Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained touches on the harsh realities of human nature and the difficulties of going undercover.

    20 min

  4. 01/03/2021

    The Shortsighted Hero - Mulan

    Sometimes taking one's "place" in society requires breaking with tradition. In this adaption of an ancient Chinese tale, Mulan carves a place for herself but sets her aims low. Still, she serves as an example of courage in the struggle to be one's self.

    16 min

  5. 12/12/2020

    The Stubborn Hero - Antigonê

    Can a woman in ancient Greece win an argument and remain living? Sophocles has us pondering the ambiguity of right and wrong as the gods remain silent over human disputes.

    17 min

  6. 11/14/2020

    The Incompetent Hero: Psyche

    Ancient Roman author, Apuleius, makes his heroine in Cupid and Psyche the butt of a joke, but is Psyche as pathetic as she seems?

    15 min

  7. 10/11/2020

    The Subversive Hero: Joker

    The hero's journey can be used for villains, too, and it may have you rooting for the bad guy.

    18 min

  8. 09/09/2020

    Fictionalizing a Hero: Hamilton

    Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda makes strategic storytelling choices to keep viewers entertained as opposed to well-informed.

    18 min
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A study guide for short fiction and film. Explore Joseph Campbell's "hero's journey" and other methods authors and filmmakers use to tell a great story.

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    fictionbriefly
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
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