Classical myth and film in the new millennium / by Patricia Salzman-Mitchell and Jean Alvares.

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Introduction -- Homeric echoes. Introduction: sing, oh muse! Homeric echoes, modern issues in millennial films? -- Petersen's Troy: reimagining Homeric heroes -- Resinging The odyssey: myth and myth making in the O brother, where art thou? -- Discussion questions for "Homeric echoes" -- The reluctant hero. Introduction: The clash of the titans/Wrath of the titans and Immortals: fate of humans, the fate of the gods -- What is old is newish again: Hercules -- Clash of the titans, Wrath of the titans: altered prototypes and Aeschylean, Wagnerian dimensions -- Theseus in the immortals: an ideal hero for a rough age -- Discussion questions for Clash/wrath and the immortals -- Women in the margins. Introduction: mythical women in the margins -- Blooming maiden and fertile goddess: the myths of Pan's labyrinth -- The perils of oppression: the myth of Medea in Arturo Ripstein Such is life -- Discussion questions for "Pan's labyrinth and Such is life" -- Coming of age in the new millennium. Introduction: growing up in a different world -- Gaze, knowledge snakes and riddles, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets as foundation myth -- Arrows, roots, bread and song: mythical aspects of the Hunger games -- Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief: an American parody of the Hero's journey -- Discussion questions for "Coming of Age" -- New Versions of Pygmalion -- Introduction: new and old Pygmalions -- Lars and the Real Girl and the Pygmalion myth: trauma, community and desire -- Ruby Sparks: re-reading Pygmalion and Narcissus -- Discussion Questions for "The Pygmalion myth and film" -- Epilogue: myths and movies, movies and myths.