Works Cited
Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1968.
Print.
Joseph Campbell’s in depth analyzation of the structure of folktales and the universal revolution
around a hero helped me to understand the struggle of the individual in its most basic form.
Delahoyde, Michael. "Hamlet." Hamlet. Washington State University, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
This essay about Shakespeare’s Hamlet helped solidify its status as an adaptation by
comparing Hamlet’s various portrayals not only in the original tale but in translations of the play.
"Folk Literature." Folk Literature. Department of English, National Kaohsiung First University
of Science and Technology, Taiwan, n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.
<http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/folk_lit_char.htm>.
This source gave a very broad overview of the concept of what makes a folktale a folktale for
the untrained eye. While not as informative as The Hero with a Thousand Faces, it helped me
understand what most people looked for in a folk tale.
Gavin, Rosemarie. ""The Lion King" and "Hamlet": A Homecoming for the Exiled Child." The
English Journal 85.3 (1996): 55­57. JSTOR. Web. 21 Mar. 2013.
I used this source when I was playing around with the idea of talking about adaptations of
adaptations, Gavin addresses the hero’s journey of Simba and themes in The Lion King and
how it compares to Hamlet. It was interesting because it showed how adapting things works in
more ways than one.
Greenblatt, Stephen. "The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet." The New York
Review of Books. The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2004. Web. 12 Apr.
2013.
This article furthered my research of the adaptation of Hamlet when I was initially trying to
figure out where the original story was from.
Hamilton, Clayton Meeker. The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic
Criticism,. New York: H. Holt and, 1910. Print.
This article was particularly influential because I found it after I had chosen my three plays from
Greek, Elizabethan, and Modern times, and it helped to tie the tragic themes of each era
together.
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. Dir. Joan Konner, Alvin H. Perlmutter, Catherine
Tatge, Betty S. Flowers, Bill D. Moyers, Joseph Campbell, Apostrophe S
Productions.,, Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.,, Public Affairs Television (Firm),, WNET
(Television Station : New York, N.Y.),, WTTW (Television Station : Chicago, Ill.),,
and Athena (Firm),. 2010. DVD.
This film was especially useful because it touched on ideas from The Hero With a Thousand
Faces and connected the hero’s journey with popular media with a focus on the Star Wars
movies. It highlighted the fact for me that adaptation was a perfectly natural part of art and
furthered my belief in the universality of the struggle of the individual.
Klein, Julia M. “Sarah Ruhl’s Whimsical Hauntings.” Chronicle of Higher Education 53:46
(2007): B12­B13.
This article revealed the truth behind Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, that the protagonist was modelled
after Ruhl herself to communicate her own feelings about her father’s death. Knowing this
information helped with my analyzation of the adaptation.
Mamet, David. Letter to THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT. 19 Oct. 2005. Movieline. Penske
Media Corporation, 23 Mar. 201. Web. 30 Mar. 2013.
Finding this memo by famous playwright David Mamet was one of the highlights of my research.
He addresses the writers of his show, The Unit, telling them they essentially need to get better
at writing drama. His definition of drama not only alluded to the struggle of the individual but
established a unique connection between his definition of drama and Campbell’s analysis of the
hero’s journey.
Massiet, Jay. "Vladimir Propp and the Functions of Literature–Hamlet, The Count of Monte
Cristo, and Moses." Jay Massiet RSS. N.p., 4 Feb. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.
<http://blogs.setonhill.edu/mas3222/2013/02/04/vladimir­propp­and­the­functions­of­lit
erature­hamlet­the­count­of­monte­cristo­and­moses/>.
This article helped embellish Hamlet’s role as a classic hero by comparing the events of the play
with the rules of folklore as outlined by Vladimir Propp.
Mulvey, Laura. "The Oedipus Myth: beyond the Riddles of the Sphinx." Public 2 (1989).
This source was great because it helped illustrate the differences and similarities between the
Oedipus myth and Oedipus Rex.
Newman, Charles. The postmodern aura. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. 1985.
This source shed light on a particularly negative view of adaptations, though Newman focuses
more on movies rather than theatre, it was still an interesting take.
Propp, V. I︠A︡. Morphology of the Folktale,. Austin: University of Texas, 1968. Print.
Vladimir Propp focuses on Russian folklore in this book in a similar fashion to Campbell’s.
Ruhl, Sarah. Eurydice. New York: Samuel French, 2008. Print.
I analyzed this play to demonstrate the transposition of the struggle of the individual.
Shakespeare, William, and Harold Jenkins. Hamlet. London: Methuen, 1982. Print.
I analyzed this play to demonstrate the transposition of the struggle of the individual.
Sophocles, and R. D. Dawe. Oedipus Rex. Stutgardiae: B.G. Teubner, 1996. Print.
I analyzed this play to demonstrate the transposition of the struggle of the individual.
Weiss, Suzanne. "Eurydice ­ Sarah Ruhl." Eurydice ­ Sarah Ruhl. N.p., 21 Oct. 2004. Web.
28 Mar. 2013. <http://www.culturevulture.net/Theater/Eurydice.htm>.
This review of a particular performance of Eurydice helped me to see what elements of the play
connected to the audience and made it such an emotional experience.