In my college, to work on a thesis one needs to develop it through three semesters, with the final semester being the dissertation. Next semester I'm going to start working on mine and just this week I have started to plan exactly what I wanted to do it about.
I wanted to work on something related the archetype theories of Jung, the intertextuality of Eco, the views of how media shapes people of McLuhan and or the monomyth or Hero's Journey by Campbell. Nonetheless, I wasn't sure how to apply them. Just analyzing one single narrative didn't seem satisfactory to me. But then I thought, why not analyze several narratives, crossing time periods, cultures, and media?
So far I have been thinking analyze from four to eight narratives, myths or legends. One from Asia, one from Africa, one from Europe and the US and one from Spain and Latin America. One from the Antiquity, another one from the Middle Ages, one from the Modern Era and another one from the Contemporary Time. Perhaps each one could be from a different media, but I'm still unsure.
Again, this is just bare bones. But what do you think of this idea? Is it factible? Which authors do you recommend me to look up? Is four enough or too much? And more importantly, which narrative works should I consider to analyze?
I wanted to work on something related the archetype theories of Jung, the intertextuality of Eco, the views of how media shapes people of McLuhan and or the monomyth or Hero's Journey by Campbell. Nonetheless, I wasn't sure how to apply them. Just analyzing one single narrative didn't seem satisfactory to me. But then I thought, why not analyze several narratives, crossing time periods, cultures, and media?
So far I have been thinking analyze from four to eight narratives, myths or legends. One from Asia, one from Africa, one from Europe and the US and one from Spain and Latin America. One from the Antiquity, another one from the Middle Ages, one from the Modern Era and another one from the Contemporary Time. Perhaps each one could be from a different media, but I'm still unsure.
Again, this is just bare bones. But what do you think of this idea? Is it factible? Which authors do you recommend me to look up? Is four enough or too much? And more importantly, which narrative works should I consider to analyze?