When Joseph Campbell traveled to Europe as a college student in the mid-1920s, he began to hear firsthand the philosophies and mythologies神话 of other cultures. It led to a lifelong终身的 passion in comparative mythology神话. After studying cultures around the world, including Asian, African, European, Polynesian, and Native American, Campbell noticed their stories didn't just share thematic elements. The heroes in these tales also had a tendency to go through three distinct与其它不同的 stages. They would be separated from their communities, made to endure忍耐 a series of difficult trials, and emerge as enlightened beings who then returned home to share their newfound wisdom智慧 and powers.
These stages became known as the Monomyth, or the archetypal hero's journey, and the structure Campbell describes has been influential有影响的 to countless storytellers ever since. Perhaps most famously, George Lucas was only able to finish his screenplay编剧 for the first Star Wars movie after reading Campbell's work.
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