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| English: Various mythos. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
I'm taking a break from working on my research paper draft (it's due on Thursday, sigh) because I need one and because I've finally got my critical model in a finished state, or so I hope. It works not just for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief but also for a bunch of other films. So, here are the defining characteristics of the Neo-Mythology genre:
1. The film (or book, too, I guess) is based on already existing mythology and/or folklore.
2. It uses elements (characters, plot points, etc.) from that mythology/folklore for other than their original purposes.
3. It creates a new story out of that material.
4. It is set in a hidden reality that secretly co-exists with the known current reality.
5. It is in the form of a quest.
I'll discuss these in my next post (since I've met the required 100-word length already).
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