Transcript PowerPoint - Ross School Senior Projects

“Gaze Not At The Boundless Sky”
Reinterpreting Mythology
By Henry Lee
Inspiration
• Mythology
• M-Term to Athens
• Edward Field
Early Stages
• Preliminary/ Formal Proposal
“For my senior project I plan to conduct an in depth analysis
of ancient Greek mythology and recreate a myth in a
contemporary setting using my own literary voice.”
• Understanding the Collective Unconscious
The Collective Unconscious is the idea that we are all
connected through an inborn predisposition to certain
feelings and behaviors. Mythology is man’s guideline of the
Collective Unconscious.
Research
Preliminary ResearchOvid’s Metamorphoses- Daedalus and Icarus,
Pygmalion, Cupid and Psyche,
Icarus- Edward Field
Summer ReadingPygmalion- G.B Shaw
Till’ We Have Faces- C.S Lewis
Goals
• Recreate a Greek myth
• Make successful connections between myth
and contemporary society.
Process
• Choosing a myth
• Developing Characters
• Developing Plot
• Short Story to Novella to Novel
• Multiple revisions
Challenges
• Choosing the setting for my story.
• Keeping Coherence in the plot and among
various characters.
• Self revising and transferring edits.
Discoveries
• I really enjoy writing.
• I can write an 102 page story.
• Ideas come from experience.
Future Aspirations
• Studying Classics
• Creative writing
• Screenwriting?
Thank You!