A Study Guide
by Karen Wurl, resident dramaturg

The Journey by Mary Oliver

Joseph Campbell

What do we mean by Myth?

The Monomyth of the Hero

The Influence of C. G. Jung on Joseph Campbell’s Theory of Myth

How to Read a Myth:
Joseph Campbell’s Ten Commandments for Reading Mythology

The Myths Performed in The Hero’s Journey

The Chorus

Why Study Myth?

Joseph Campbell Quotations

Works Consulted

A Joseph Campbell Bibliography