Abstract
A study of two contrasting myths of fathers and sons— the stories of Oedipus and Percival, which Claude Lévi-Strauss saw as in many ways inverse images of each other—in a number of contemporary films, focusing most closely on Pulp Fiction and The Sixth Sense.
Recommended Citation
Shaham, Inbar
(2009)
"Ancient Myths in Contemporary Cinema: Oedipus Rex and Perceval the Knight of the Holy Grail in Pulp Fiction and The Sixth Sense,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 28
:
No.
1
, Article 6.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol28/iss1/6