scholarly journals Stuck in a Labyrinth (or a Tower) with the Minotaur and trying to get out: Princess Aurora and Imperator Furiosa as the heroes of the Multimyth

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gitanjali Kapila
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Sleeping Beauty ◽  
Hero's Journey ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Joseph Campbell ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Heroine's Journey ◽  
Interpretive Model ◽  
Vladimir Propp ◽  
Made In

In The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell begins his thesis of the Monomyth with a recounting of the story of the Minotaur. His purpose is straightforward: the initiation and cycling of the hero’s journey is predicated on an origin of evil narrative which the story of the Minotaur quintessentially is. It is interesting to note, however, that differently gendered expressions of narrative evil give rise to distinct and gendered vectors of protagonist action. In Sleeping Beauty, for example, Maleficent, a female/mother variant of the tyrant-monster, gives rise to a protagonist, Princess Aurora, who is never the conscious agent of the action she takes. On the other hand, in Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa literally drives the narrative action which is initiated by the tyrant-father, Immortan Joe. Though it’s clear that Furiosa’s journey adheres to a more manifest expression of empowered action than Princess Aurora’s, this paper will argue that neither protagonist nor the implied origin of evil story setting each character’s journey in motion suffices to define the heroine’s journey. Rather, the fairytale princess and the female action-hero require a new interpretive model in order to describe both their conflicting and, surprisingly, common relationship to personal agency. Drawing on the methodology of Vladimir Propp, I intend to offer an alternative framework for understanding the attributes of the heroine’s journey which circumvents completely the essentializing gesture that is necessarily made in positing an expression of the hero-task which would be unique to a female protagonist. Rather, I offer the Multimyth, an interpretive framework which 1) applies the model of the hero’s journey to Sleeping Beauty and Mad Max: Fury Road in order to define, reveal, and interrogate the functioning of each film’s narrative structure foregrounding the roles of Princess Aurora and Furiosa, respectively; and, then 2) uses the aggregate conclusions of the application of Campbell’s model to each text to counter-interrogate the model itself. In doing so, I intend to expose the assumptions, omissions and limitations of the Monomyth as a narrative heuristic and at the same time elucidate the Multimyth as an interpretive model which honors Campbell’s conception of the hero-task and proffers new methods for the application of the hero’s journey which will result in a richer and more complex understanding of narrative structure.

Recent advancements in lignin valorization and biomedical applications: A patent review

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vandana Prasad ◽  
Lubna Siddiqui ◽  
Pawan Kumar Mishra ◽  
Adam Ekielski ◽  
Sushama Talegaonkar
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Drug Carrier ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lignin Valorization ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Cleaning Agents ◽  
Patent Review ◽  
Commercial Applications ◽  
Made In

Background: Synthetic polymers present disadvantages such as high cost, limited availability, safety concerns, environmental hazards and overtime accumulation in body. Lignin, an aromatic biopolymer, is highly abundant and offers various advantages including cost effectiveness, biocompatibility and biodegradability. It also possesses various pharmacological activities including antioxidant, antibacterial, anticancer and UV protection, thus lignin has become a popular biopolymer in recent years and is no more considered as bio-waste rather an extensive research is been carried out on developing it as drug carrier. Lignin also has non-biomedical applications including dispersing agents, surfactants, detergent/cleaning agents, energy storage, etc. Methods: This review compiles patents granted on production of technical lignin, different lignin therapeutic carriers and its biomedical and non-biomedical applications. The literature is collected from recent years including both articles as well as patents and is carefully analyzed and compiled in an easy to comprehend pattern for guiding future research. Results: The reviewed patents and articles highlighted the advancement made in lignin isolation and valorization. Numerous lignin nanoformulations as drug delivery agents or as standalone entities with various pharmacological actions like antibacterial, antioxidant or UV protectant have been reported. As well as industrial applications of lignin as adhesives, insulators or supercapacitors have also made lignin a biopolymer of choice. Conclusion: Lignin being a bio-inspired polymer has huge potential in commercial applications. New methods of lignin isolation from lignocellulosic biomass including physical pretreatments, solvent fraction, and chemical and biological pretreatment have been widely patented. Several micro/nano lignin formulations with improved and controllable reactivity like nanocontainers, nanocapsules, nanoparticles have also been reported recently. Also various pharmacological properties of lignin have also been explored, thus valorization of lignin is a hot topic of hour.

Telling Tales with Technology

2016 ◽  
pp. 38-53
Author(s):  
Dawn Catherine Stobbart
Keyword(s):  
Joseph Campbell ◽  
Folk Tale ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Vladimir Propp

This chapter analyses the 2010 videogame Alan Wake, a narrative based videogame that makes frequent use of intertextuality. As well as using contemporary examples, the game also uses traditional international folklore in its narrative, with the antagonist Barbara Jagger being recognisable as the Russian folk tale character Baba Yaga, for example. Using the concepts proposed and elucidated by Vladimir Propp, Joseph Campbell, the chapter will first establish that the videogame offers a remediation of several traditional mythical narratives in one contemporary videogame, before going on to use the classifications found in The Morphology of the Folktale and The Hero with a Thousand Faces to place this videogame within the folklore and mythical tradition. It will also serve to establish whether these classifications are suitable for the narratives found in videogames, and if they depart from them, where the scholar needs to establish new concepts and definitions for these traditional classifications.

Darwin & Kubrick, Joe Campbell & Me: Eminent-Genius and Everyday-Joe Heroes on a Journey

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (Volume 2, Issue 2: Winter 2017) ◽  
pp. 54-68
Author(s):  
Joe T. Velikovsky
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Hero's Journey ◽  
Twelve Step ◽  
Joseph Campbell ◽  
Stanley Kubrick ◽  
Media Arts ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Creativity Studies

This article examines the lives of two eminent geniuses, scientist-writer Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and writer-artist-filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), as monomythic hero’s journeys. The article is in three parts: Part One (Separation) presents Vogler’s (1992) twelve-step monomyth, a compressed version of the 17-step monomyth hero’s journey pattern identified by comparative mythographer Joseph Campbell (1949) in The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In Part Two (Initiation) the twelve-step monomyth narrative algorithm (Vogler, 1992) is used to explain the eminent genius lifework of Charles Darwin, and this same twelve-step lens is then applied to the eminent genius lifework of Stanley Kubrick. Part Three (The Return) applies the same twelve-step monomyth to the author-researcher of this article (Velikovsky), aiming to demonstrate how the monomyth applies not only on large scales to eminent geniuses such as Darwin and Kubrick in Science and the Arts, but also on small scales—even to Everyday Joes such as myself, thus also supporting Williams (2016, 2017). The conclusion drawn is that the monomyth pattern is a life-problem and also domain-problem solving tool, supporting the heroism science research of Allison (2016) and Efthimiou (2016a, 2016b). As this research is transdisciplinary, the disciplines of the research presented are: Communication and Media Arts, Information Science and Technology, Creativity Studies, Consilient Narratology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Metamodernism.

Driver Warning Assistant for Monitoring Heart Rate and SpO2 Using Mobile Phones

2014 ◽  
Vol 656 ◽  
pp. 395-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Iulian Dumitru ◽  
Gheorghe Leonte Mogan
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Operation System ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Wireless Communication Protocol ◽  
Medical Sensors ◽  
Human Computing ◽  
Made In

Nowadays both mobile phones and vehicles are playing an important role in our lives, because these two industries have met an amazing development during the recent years. Also, steady progress has been made in the medical sensors field and the increasing capacity of wireless communication has led to the emergence of new methods for health monitoring. This paper presents a system for real-time monitoring of the driver's health. The proposed driver warning assistant is composed of a wearable low-power sensor that dynamically monitors the vital parameters of the driver and the measured data are sent via Bluetooth wireless communication protocol. Data processing, data management and communication and the human computing interfacing are implemented using a smart phone running an Android operation system. Experimental results associated with physiological parameters which have been measured are also included in the paper.

scholarly journals Recent progress on detecting understanding and controlling Pseudomonas syringae pv actinidiae a short review

2013 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 170-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L. Vanneste
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Syringae ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Whole Genome Sequence ◽  
Bacterial Canker ◽  
New Methods ◽  
The World ◽  
Epiphytic Survival ◽  
Made In

In the last few years the causal agent of bacterial canker of kiwifruit Pseudomonas syringae pv actinidiae (Psa) has become a global pathogen of economic importance Since the beginning of this global outbreak many laboratories in the world have been working on Psa Today it is known that Psa is not a homogeneous pathovar and tools that allow the distinction between biovars (subpathovar classification) have been developed The whole genome sequence of several strains of Psa has now been published Some of the assumptions on the life cycle (ports of entry epiphytic survival etc) made in the early days of the outbreak have now been confirmed Although few new methods have been found to control Psa there is now a better understanding of how to reduce the incidence of this disease This paper reviews the progress made in understanding the pathogen the disease and how to control it

scholarly journals The Spiriting Away of Chihiro: Miyazaki’s Global Heroine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cari Callis
Keyword(s):  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Hero's Journey ◽  
Spiritual Journey ◽  
Japanese History ◽  
Heroine's Journey ◽  
Animated Film ◽  
Spirit World ◽  
Human World ◽  
The Witch ◽  
Studio Ghibli

From 1963 to present day, Hayao Miyazaki has recounted the Heroine’s Journey of strong girls and young women through his animated films, television series and manga. Theatrically released in 2001 his hand drawn masterpiece Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Sen and Chihiro’s Spiriting Away) became the highest grossing film in Japanese history. It was dubbed into English and released by Disney in 2002, and went on to win the Academy Award for what is still the only foreign film to have ever won the Best Animated Feature category. Many critics have ranked it as the best animated film ever made. It’s a coming of age fantasy written and directed by Miyazaki and animated by his Studio Ghibli. It’s the Heroine’s Journey of 10-year-old Chihiro Ogina who is on her way to moving to a new home when she’s sidetracked into the Shinto spirit world of folklore. Her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, and Chihiro must find a way, as she works in Yubaba’s bathhouse to free her parents and escape back to the human world. This essay examines and analyzes how Spirited Away follows the 10-stage model that Maureen Murdock describes in her book Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness. Murdock was a student of Campbell’s and came to believe through her work with women in therapy that his model of the Hero’s Journey didn’t acknowledge the psychological-spiritual aspects of a women’s journey. It argues that Miyazaki and his male dominated studio didn’t follow the Joseph Campbell model of The Hero’s Journey by simply telling a Shero’s journey or one that replaces the male protagonist with a female one, but that he celebrates the psycho-spiritual journey of Chihiro that Murdock outlines.

scholarly journals The Hero’s Journey: 12 Stages in The Narrative of Animation Boboiboy Movie 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-325
Author(s):  
Oscar Gordon Wong ◽  
Imelda Ann Achin
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Hero's Journey ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Level ◽  
Animated Films ◽  
Animated Film ◽  
Picture Analysis ◽  
And Function

2019 is a phenomenal year for the development of the Malaysian animated film industry as it has successfully produced two superheroes animated films in total. However, the animated film industry in Malaysia is still not competitive at the international level. This can be seen from the 17 animated films that have been produced from 1998 to 2019, only two superheroes animated films managed to get the attention of the audience. This is due to the lack of knowledge of the concept and function of the hero character in animated films. Therefore, the main objective of this paper aims to demonstrate how the Hero’s Journey narrative structure can be applied in BoBoiBoy Movie 2 (2019). This research method involves the use of video analysis tools namely Kinovea and Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet to explain on how the Hero’s Journey of this film conveys the storytelling. The results of this study found that each semicircle Hero’s narrative structure has an important meaning across from one half-circle to the other half-circle. As a result, it explains the concept of peace and chaos as well as stasis and changes in the narrative structure of superhero animated films. This paper will provide information to researchers on the importance and use of the Hero’s Journey approach to analyze superhero animated films.

scholarly journals KABA BONSU PINANG SIBARIBUIK: FUNGSI PELAKU YANG CUKUP LENGKAP DENGAN PENYIGIAN MORFOLOGI VLADIMIR PROPP The Narratives of Folktale Bonsu Pinang Sibaribuik: Almost Complete in Number of its Function of Action According to Vladimir Propps’s Narratology

Kadera Bahasa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-76
Author(s):  
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Universal Structure ◽  
Vladimir Propp

AbstrakArtikel ini menganalisis genre sastra tradisional Minangkabau, Kaba Bonsu Pinang Sibaribuik (KBPS), dengan menggunakan pendekatan naratologi morfologi Valdimir Propp. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif dan teori fungsi pelaku morfologi cerita rakyat dari Propp, penelitan ini membuktikan bahwa fungsi pelaku dalam kaba ini sangat relevan dengan teori Propp. Terdapat sebanyak 29 fungsi dalam kaba KBPS dari 31 yang dikemukakan Propp, dengan tiga pergerakan cerita atau tiga pengulangan pola fungsi tindakan pelaku, dengan tujuh persebaran fungsi pelaku yang sesuai/lengkap dengan Propp (lingkungan aksi: penjarah; pemberi (donor); pembantu/penolong; seorang putri (yang dicari) dan ayahnya; perantara/utusan; pahlawan/wira; dan pahlawan palsu. Narasi kaba ini membuktian relevasi dan equivalensi struktur kesejagadannya dengan pola-pola cerita peri Rusia yang diteliti Propp. Fungsi-fungsi tindakan dikemukakan Propp itu pada kaba KBPS bukan semata sebuah hasil rekayasa dan kejeniusan tukang cerita, hal itu juga keajaiban universalitasnya dalam penciptaan struktur naratif tradisional yang unik.Kata-kata kunci: Bonsu Pinang Sibaribuik, fungsi, morfologi cerita rakyat, struktur naratif, universal, Vladimir Propp  AbstractThis article analyses a traditional Minangkabau epic narrative entitled Kaba Bonsu Pinang Sibaribuik (KBPS) by using Vladimir Propp’s morphology of folktale. By using qualitative method and the theory of the function of action in Propp’s theory, this research proves that the function of action of the narrative is very relevant to the Propp’s pattern. From the analysis it was found that there are 29 functions (act of actions) in the narrative compared with 31 functions stated by Propp, with three movements of the story or three repetition of the functions of action with seven extent of function of acts that are fit to Propp invented (the circle of action: villain; donor; helper; a princess and her father; dispatcher; hero; and false hero). This narrative has proved its pattern has a universal structure as the pattern of fairy tales studied by Propp. The function of action proposed by Propp as revealed in the narrative of BPS is not a mere story telling intelligence, it is also as wonderful of the universality pattern in the making of unique traditional narrative structure.Keywords: Bonsu Pinang Sibaribuik; function, morphology of folktale, narrative structure; universal, Vladimir Propp.

scholarly journals Dongeng The Sleeping Beauty: Analisis Fungsi Menurut Vladimir Propp

ATAVISME ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-88
Author(s):  
Astri Adriani Allien ◽  
Inosensia Dinda Juwita
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Sleeping Beauty ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
Vladimir Propp

Tulisan ini membahas sebuah dongeng klasik Eropa, The Sleeping Beauty yang hingga saat ini masih dibaca, baik oleh anak-anak maupun orang dewasa. Dongeng ini bercerita tentang seorang puteri raja yang terkena kutukan sehingga tertidur selama seratus tahun dan kemudian diselamatkan oleh seorang pangeran dari negeri seberang. Sebagaimana dongeng pada umumnya, maka The Sleeping Beauty dianalisis menggunakan teori struktural yang dikemukakan oleh Vladimir Propp. Analisis yang dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa dongeng The Sleeping Beauty memiliki struktur sebagaimana dongeng-dongeng Rusia yang telah dianalisis oleh Propp. Abstract: This paper discusses the European classical folktale entitled “The Sleeping Beauty”, which has so far been widely recognized by children and adults. This folktale tells about a princess who got cursed in such a way that she slept for a hundred years. She was then saved by a prince from another kingdom. In this paper, “The Sleeping Beauty” is analyzed by using Propp’s structural theory. The result of the analysis shows that “The Sleeping Beauty” has the structure similar to Russian folktales, the ones that have been analyzed by Propp. Key Words : folktale, Propp’s structural analysis

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