The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films

Analyses the use of Joseph Campbell's monomyth in twenty-six films and two SciFi Channel miniseries released and aired between 1960 and 2009. Organised into an Introduction and nine chapters, this study examines the monomyth in the context of Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) and then discusses the use of this versatile plot structure in these twenty-six films and two miniseries.