CALL FOR PAPERS “MYTHOS: Screening Classical Mythology on Film and Television” An area of multiple panels for the Film & History Conference on “Film and Myth” September 26-30, 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA www.filmandhistory.org Deadline: June 1, 2012 From the earliest beginning of cinema, and throughout the history of screen entertainment, filmmakers and television producers have returned to the narratives and images of classical mythology for subject matter and motivation. Numerous films and television series have been based on ancient Greek and Roman mythological and heroic archetypes (The Matrix; The Lion King), while others take classical literary plots and motifs from the great epics and tragedies and adapt them to the screen (A Dream of Passion; O Brother, Where Art Thou?). Some films and television series even set themselves in an imagined “ancient mythological world” full of gods, heroes, monsters and femmes fatales (Xena: Warrior Princess; Hercules: The Legendary Journeys). Why do the classical mythological narratives and images remain such a powerful source of ideas and inspiration for modern filmmakers and television producers? This area, comprising multiple panels, will treat all aspects of classical mythology in films and television programs. Papers may explore recreations of ancient myths in “real time” (Clash of the Titans; Xena; Hercules) or adaptations of classical myths and narratives in modern settings (Moulin Rouge; Unforgiven). Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: The Hero’s Journey Features and Creatures of the Underworld The Katabasis Myth of Descent and Return Greek Tragic Myths on Screen The Odyssey and the Nostos-Myth on Film Pandora and the Myth of the Manufactured Woman Homer’s Iliad and the American Western Myths of Transformation and Metamorphoses Amazons on Screen The Dionysian Nature of the Cinema The Orpheus Myth Olympian Gods in Modern Settings Proposals for complete panels (three related presentations) are also welcome, but they must include an abstract and contact information, including an e-mail address, for each presenter. Please e-mail your 200-word proposal by June 1, 2012: Monica S. Cyrino, Area Chair, 2012 Film & History Conference “MYTHOS: Screening Classical Mythology on Film and Television” University of New Mexico Email: [log in to unmask] ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org