“Gaze Not At The Boundless Sky”Reinterpreting Mythology

By Henry Lee

Inspiration

• Mythology

• M-Term to Athens

• Edward Field

Early Stages

• Preliminary/ Formal Proposal “For my senior project I plan to conduct an in depth analysis of ancient Greek mythology and recreate a myth in a contemporary setting using my own literary voice.”

• Understanding the Collective UnconsciousThe Collective Unconscious is the idea that we are all connected through an inborn predisposition to certain feelings and behaviors. Mythology is man’s guideline of the Collective Unconscious.

Research

Preliminary Research-Ovid’s Metamorphoses- Daedalus and Icarus,Pygmalion, Cupid and Psyche,Icarus- Edward Field

Summer Reading-Pygmalion- G.B ShawTill’ We Have Faces- C.S Lewis

Goals

• Recreate a Greek myth

• Make successful connections between myth and contemporary society.

Process

• Choosing a myth

• Developing Characters

• Developing Plot

• Short Story to Novella to Novel

• Multiple revisions

Challenges

• Choosing the setting for my story.

• Keeping Coherence in the plot and among various characters.

• Self revising and transferring edits.

Discoveries

• I really enjoy writing.

• I can write an 102 page story.

• Ideas come from experience.

Future Aspirations

• Studying Classics

• Creative writing

• Screenwriting?

Thank You!