With a revamped outlook TLS covers two essays in one go: the first by our frenemy Sigmund Freud on the nature of creative writing; the second by Northrop Frye on how to properly codify the criticism thereof.
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A new year of philosophizing with Steven Ormosi, Scott Thurlow, and Jonathan Ian Manczur. Old Johnny is going through some nasty philosophical crises about narrative, bias, and knowledge acquisition. Listen in or go watch these instead:
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The Neophytes tread upon the topic of slasher films and their depiction of sexual and violent situations/characters as framed by a recent study on the matter.
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The Neophytes continue their exploration of unreliability in narrative with a freeform chat.
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The Neophytes finally finish their overview of Joseph Campbell’s A Hero with a Thousand Faces. Now, they must attempt to readjust to normalcy from their heroic journey.
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The Neophytes discuss identity in the age of instant celebrity. They frame their discussion through Netflix’s documentary, Nobody Speak, which pits the fiction Hulk Hogan vs the fiction Gawker.
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In the penultimate episode of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the crew debates death and whether it is better to become a savior, a tyrant, or a saint. Spoiler: they all choose tyrant.
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Having completed the Hero’s Journey proper, the Neophytes, like Odysseus’ crew, find their return to be more complex than anticipated. Follow them through lands of Campbellian addenda, indexes and ancillary topics.
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The Neophytes finally arrive at a section of myth-narrative studies that they desperately wanted to explore sans their old foe Freud.
Covering Chapters 3 (Return) and 4 (The Keys) in their ongoing reading of The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
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