Myth, Mind and the Screen Understanding the Heroes of our Time [Hardcover]

This 2001 book is a systematic attempt to apply Jungian theory to the analysis of key contemporary icons and films.Myth, Mind and the Screen is a systematic attempt to apply Jungian theory to the analysis of films (including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence of the Lambs and The Piano) as well as a variety of cultural icons and products such as Madonna, Michael Jackson and televised sport. Through these and other examples, John Izod shows how Jungian theory can bring new tools to film and media studies and new ways of understanding screen images and narratives.Myth, Mind and the Screen is a systematic attempt to apply Jungian theory to the analysis of films (including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence of the Lambs and The Piano) as well as a variety of cultural icons and products such as Madonna, Michael Jackson and televised sport. Through these and other examples, John Izod shows how Jungian theory can bring new tools to film and media studies and new ways of understanding screen images and narratives.This systematic attempt to apply Jungian theory to the analysis of films covers 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence of the Lambs and The Piano as well as a variety of cultural icons and products such as Madonna, Michael Jackson and televised sport. Through these and other examples, John Izod demonstrates how Jungian theory can bring new tools to film and media studies and new ways of understanding screen images and narratives.Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1. Jungian theory, textual analysis and audience play; 2. Archetypal images: signification and the psyche; 3. Archetypal images, symbols and the cultural unconscious; 4. The Piano: the animus and colonial experience; 5. The pop star as icon; 6. The quest of a female hero - The Silence of the Lambs; 7. Television sport and the sacrificial hero; 8. The polycentred self - The Passion of Darkly Noon; 9. Haunted: searching for the whole self; 10. Transforming the final ghost - the god within; Conclusion; FillSG