Now Playing Learning Mythology Through Film

Designed specifically to accompany Introduction to Mythology, Fourth Edition, Now Playing: Learning Mythology Through Film uses a mass medium that is interactive, familiar, and easily accessible to illustrate how mythological concepts play out in a variety of situations.

Integrating clips and descriptions from thirty-eight films and television episodes, this vibrant resource includes both classics and recently released material. With Now Playing, your students will learn about the mythological concepts presented in such films as The Wizard of Oz (1939), Oedipus Rex (1967), The Matrix (1999), Serenity (2005), and Clash of the Titans (2010). This edition features two new feature films, Stargate (1994) and The King of Masks (1996), and three new TV episodes, from Daniel Boone (1970), Once Upon a Time (2012), and Marvel's Agents of Shield (2014). Each entry includes details about the mythological concepts featured within the film or TV episode, a brief synopsis and questions for discussion or written homework assignments.

Eva M. Thury is Associate Professor of English at Drexel University.

Margaret K. Devinney is Associate Professor Emerita of German at Temple University.

*=New to this Edition
1. Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête) (1946)
2. Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (1959)
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "The Gift" (2001)
4. Clash of the Titans (1981)
5. Clash of the Titans (2010)
* 6. Daniel Boone, "How to Become a Goddess" (1970)
7. The Fisher King (1991)
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
9. Hercules (1959)
10. Hercules (animated) (1997)
11. I Am Legend (2007)
12. Into the Woods (1991)
13. Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, Episode 1, "The Hero's Adventure" (1988)
* 14. The King of Masks (1996)
* 15. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "The Only Light in the Darkness" (2014)
16. The Matrix (1999)
17. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
18. Oedipus Rex (1967)
19. Once Upon a Time, "Red Handed" (2012)
20. Opera Jawa (Requiem from Java) (2006)
21. Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)(2006)
22. Popol Vuh: The Creation Myth of the Maya (1988)
23. Red Riding Hood (2011)
24. Seinfeld, "The Soup" (1994)
25. Serenity (2005)
26. Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
27. Stagecoach (1939)
* 28. Stargate (1994)
29. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
30. Star Wars Episode Four: A New Hope (1977)
31. Tangled (2010)
32. Thor (2011)
33. The Tree of Life (2011)
34. Troy (2004)
35. Twilight (2008)
36. Whale Rider (2002)
37. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
39. The X-Files, "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (1994)