In this episode of Reading between the Lines, Hamza & Mishkat dig into one of the most riveting books concerning world mythology & fiction, 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces' by author Joseph Campbell. This book's central thesis is that there is a discernable & perhaps innate manner by which we form stories and Campbell details, from mythos & fiction across the world, examples of stories running parallel to the basic outline of the story which is refers to as the monomyth.

We dive into how accurate this monomyth could be in relation to fiction writing & how this may correlate with the Islamic tradition of the fitrah & with human psychology in general.

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02:02 - Introducing the book 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces'
04:19​ - Discussing the language used by the author
06:23 - Separation, Initiation, Return
10:17 - Fiction Writing & its uses
28:45 - Musings on the fitrah
33:40​​ - Elaborating on Campbell's proposed stages of the 'Hero's Journey'

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