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Literature and film as modern mythology

Author: William K Ferrell
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Ferrell, William K., 1930-
Literature and film as modern mythology.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000
(OCoLC)606285875
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William K Ferrell
ISBN: 0275967573 9780275967574 0275968138 9780275968137
OCLC Number: 41628195
Description: vi, 216 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part 1 : The journey begins --
In the beginning. The process --
Reading the novel and the film. The written narrative : how literature communicates ; How film communicates ; Applying the archetype to novels and films --
Part 2 : Knights and heroes --
Hope springs eternal. "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank redemption" by Stephen King --
A search for laughter. One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey --
Romantic heroes never die. Shane by Jack Schaefer --
Part 3 : Rites of passage --
A return to matriarchy. The color purple by Alice Walker --
Finding yourself in a lost world. The English patient by Michael Ondaatje --
The steep hills of Thalia, Texas. The last picture show by Larry McMurtry --
Part 4 : Morality and magic --
A "good" politician is hard to find. All the king's men by Robert Penn Warren --
Heaven comes to Iowa. Shoeless Joe/Field of dreams by W.P. Kinsella --
Finding morality in a bullring. The sun also rises by Ernest Hemingway --
Politics and the public. Being there by Jerzy Kosinski --
Part 5 : Closure.
Responsibility: William K. Ferrell.

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