PART B – CREATIVE WRITING- HABITAT TRACKING AND SUBJECTIVITY (3 page maximum)
BACKGROUND:
Throughout the semester, we have seen how stories conceived in previous eras and adapted from various cultures (including Greek mythology, Shakespeare’s plays and Biblical tales) have been appropriated as the basis for movies with vastly different goals than the source material may have intended, breathing new life into ancient tales.
For instance, 2001: A Space Odyssey takes from The Sentinel as well as from Homers Odyssey, transformed into a science fiction tale about technology. Kurasawa grafted Noh theatre concepts onto Shakespeares Macbeth for Throne Of Blood, using the tale to address Eastern concepts of greed and power in a vastly different manner than Shakespeares play intended, rooted as it was in the Great Chain Of Being. Throughout our study, we have seen older narratives migrate to new media as well as differing genres and cultures, ensuring that these stories thrive and survive.
PROMPT:
Using a Greek myth of your choosing as source material (consult DAulaires Book Of Myths, posted on our slack channel for homework), write a new version of the story with an eye toward addressing a contemporary political, social or cultural issue within the tale.
Some rules:
1- Write your story as a first person narrative, ensuring a subjective experience for the reader and crafting a clear point of view for the protagonist.
2- Set your version in a specific genre such as science fiction, fantasy, American history, horror or romantic comedy.
3- Follow the tenets of The Heros Journey in crafting this new tale- as outlined in class and on our class Slack channel. Number and state each stage of the journey as you detail the process.
4- Include every major character from the source material, though they may be reimagined and renamed.
5- Include one idea or character NOT found in the source material. (Example from our classwork- the monolith in 2001, which doesnt appear in Homers Odyssey!)
6- Write a separate paragraph detailing how your story utilized the characters and adapted the ideas of this particular Greek myth to address a contemporary issue, giving new life to an old tale.
NOTE: You may also wrote this story as a screenplay, radio play or stage play, if preferred (though that might mean alterations to any thoughts about a first person, subjective experience- a fact you can examine in your final paragraph!)
https://www.slideshare.net/JefferyLong4/daulaires-book-of-greek-myths-60388534?fbclid=IwAR3ClGMHi2HsZHPM9LRZ4My-L1esiJ5ckRgNtoCiP_dSL9WPxwBo98bR8gw
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