Paper #3: Hero Worship
“There really is no Western counterpart in either the Hellenic
or Hebraic tradition to the influence that this originally secular story,
transmitted orally through many centuries, has exerted over millions of
people…The Ramayana continues to have a profound emotional and psychological
resonance for Indians” (Pankaj
Mishra, Introduction to Narayan’s The
Ramayana)
Both The Ramayana and Hong Gildong
are folk epics that have become something much more profound in their
respective cultures: The Ramayana has
almost become a religious text, and is often read as such, while Hong Gildong is a folk hero beloved (or
at least known) by all Koreans with phrases and ideas that have passed into
common speech. As such, both ‘secular’ stories have become ‘religious’ in their
cultural significance and timelessness, allowing them to be re-read and
re-intepreted on a variety of levels.
SO, for your Third Paper
assignment, I want you to discuss a modern hero (of any sex) whose story you
feel is on the verge of making the leap from the secular to the religious. What
heroes do we venerate in our society, telling the stories over and over like a
mantra, and arguing over the “correct version” and getting outraged when
someone tells the “wrong” story? How do we see parallels between these works
and one of the new myths of our 21st century society? How could a
character in a book, a movie, or even a musician in a band assume national and
even religious stature?
SOURCES: Use both texts to
compare to your modern myth: show how Rama, Gildong, or others act similarly or
shed light on how we read and interpret this hero. Also consider if the stories
told about your hero echoes any of the key events/controversies in both (or
either) books. I also want you to find AT LEAST TWO sources on your modern
myth: for example, if you’re writing about Harry Potter, find two
articles, books, or something academic that discusses some aspect of the
stories.
DUE IN TWO WEEKS: Friday,
November 15th by 5pm
[no class]
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