{"id":4818,"date":"2015-05-23T00:14:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T14:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/write4publish.com\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2023-02-24T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T04:14:10","slug":"the-heros-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anneskyvington.com.au\/the-heros-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hero’s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many writers on literary structure and theory<\/strong> present a linear figure to portray the format of a short story, the narrative arc<\/a>, of a memoir or a novel.<\/p>\n

Kal Bashir<\/a>, however, represents structure in screen plays and in the above mentioned genres as circular. This fits in with the idea of the monostory by Joseph Campbell (The Hero With A Thousand Faces<\/a>) and with Jung’s idea of archetypes. Basic to these ideas is the premise that all stories, even those told by cavemen of long ago, tell of a hero going on a journey, encountering adventures and returning to the starting point, renewed and invigorated in some profound way.<\/p>\n