Monomyth
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero.
"Most male epics follow Joseph Campbell's monomyth pretty neatly; can we expect Barrett Browning to do the same? Is the monomyth a male construct, the “male-myth” rather than the unified myth that speaks for all, […]"
Example
More examples"Most male epics follow Joseph Campbell's monomyth pretty neatly; can we expect Barrett Browning to do the same? Is the monomyth a male construct, the “male-myth” rather than the unified myth that speaks for all, […]"
Etymology
From mono- + myth. Borrowed by Joseph Campbell from Finnegans Wake.
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