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MAPACA 2017- Jonathan Manczur: Legion, Myth, & Joseph Campbell

11/13/17
Last week,The Lost Signals crashed MAPACA 2017 and gave pop culture presentations.  This is the raw, unedited recording of my extemporaneous speech on modern myth, the television show Legion, and the themes within.

Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Finale: Epilogue

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.

Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Pt. 6 Transformations of the Hero & Dissolutions

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.

Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Pt. 5 Emanations and The Virgin Birth

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.

Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Pt. 4 Return and The Keys

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.

Neophytes of Narratology: The Hero With a Thousand Faces Part 3

Midway through a podcast, the Neophytes found themselves upon a darkened path.  What would Freud have to say about that?

Neophytes of Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Part 2

While the Neophytes await their call to adventure, they debate the etiquette of answering a herald, how to politely chase off the trinket-bearing elderly and what exactly Freud would say about their personal threshold guardians.