The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Marco Fraga
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Ação Midiática
DOI: 10.5380/2238-0701.2019n19-02
Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/acaomidiatica/article/view/68241
Resumo: This paper argues that the decline of myth and mythical thought is reversing and that the substitute of ancient myth in modern societies – politics – has been replaced by the speculative fiction genre of cinematic storytelling. With this in mind the paper creates a link between: our species ability to tell stories and our necessity to consume them; the importance and characteristics of myth and mythical thought; the human craving for mythical stories; the contemporary speculative fjction trend worldwide in the box offjce; and a study of the most infmuential fjlms of all time.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
title The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
spellingShingle The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
Silva, Marco Fraga
Cinema; Media; Myth; Speculative Fiction; Storytelling
Silva, Marco Fraga
Cinema; Media; Myth; Speculative Fiction; Storytelling
title_short The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
title_full The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
title_fullStr The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
title_full_unstemmed The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
title_sort The New Myths of Speculative Fiction Cinema: How Mythical Thought is Returning in the Contemporary World
author Silva, Marco Fraga
author_facet Silva, Marco Fraga
Silva, Marco Fraga
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Marco Fraga
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cinema; Media; Myth; Speculative Fiction; Storytelling
topic Cinema; Media; Myth; Speculative Fiction; Storytelling
description This paper argues that the decline of myth and mythical thought is reversing and that the substitute of ancient myth in modern societies – politics – has been replaced by the speculative fiction genre of cinematic storytelling. With this in mind the paper creates a link between: our species ability to tell stories and our necessity to consume them; the importance and characteristics of myth and mythical thought; the human craving for mythical stories; the contemporary speculative fjction trend worldwide in the box offjce; and a study of the most infmuential fjlms of all time.
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