Joseph Campbell | |
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.png) Campbell in the late 1970s | |
| Born | Joseph John Campbell March 26, 1904 White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 30, 1987 (aged 83) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | Dartmouth College Columbia University (BA, MA) |
| Academic advisors | Roger Sherman Loomis[1] |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literature |
| Sub-discipline | Comparative mythology |
| Institutions | Sarah Lawrence College |
| Notable works | The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) |
| Notable ideas | Monomyth |
| Influenced | |
Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero shared by world mythologies, termed the monomyth.
Since the publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell's theories have been applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists. His philosophy has been summarized by his own often repeated phrase: "Follow your bliss."[6] He gained recognition in Hollywood when George Lucas credited Campbell's work as influencing his Star Wars saga.[7]
Campbell's approach to folklore topics such as myth and his influence on popular culture has been the subject of criticism, especially from academic folklorists.[8][9][10]
- ^ Young 2005, p. 420.
- ^ Bilodeau 1993; Gorman 2014, p. 76.
- ^ Larsen & Larsen 2002, p. 435.
- ^ "Vogler's Look at Mythic Structure Is Universally Valuable". August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Are You Monomythic? Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey". June 25, 2014.
- ^ Campbell's biography and Joseph Campbell: "Follow Your Bliss" from the Joseph Campbell Foundation website.
- ^ Larsen & Larsen 2002, p. 541.
- ^ Dundes 2016, pp. 16–18, 25.
- ^ Toelken 1996, p. 413.
- ^ Scupin 2000, p. 77.