The Hybrid Poetics and Mythopoeia of Hayao Miyazaki’s Anime: Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo
碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 英美語文學系 === 104 === This thesis analyzes Hayao Miyazaki’s authorial artistry by three case studies: Spirited Away (2001), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), and Ponyo (2008). Regarding the narrative rendering and emplotment of the selected films, the thesis thematically revolves around hy...
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2016
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| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 英美語文學系 === 104 === This thesis analyzes Hayao Miyazaki’s authorial artistry by three case studies: Spirited Away (2001), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), and Ponyo (2008). Regarding the narrative rendering and emplotment of the selected films, the thesis thematically revolves around hybrid poetics and mythopoeia. The first chapter examines how Miyazaki narrates Chihiro’s archetypal quest with elements of Shinto animism and a material imagination of water. The second chapter studies the interior of Howl’s castle as a means of representing the human mind; it examines the microcosmic function of the poetic space and its subsequent narrative persuasion with the macrocosmic context of war. The third chapter investigates Miyazaki’s reformulation of the ningyo archetype in Ponyo. The thesis analyzes the narrative whole of the selected films to describe Miyazaki’s persuasive artistry. With the mediation of hybrid poetics, Miyazaki’s idiosyncratic mythopoeia harnesses poetic concordance, which infuses the spectator with a cathartic energy during the spectating activity.
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