Mythology in modern cinema: visual art in the course "Cultural Studies"

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issue of the concept of mythological plot in the animated movie "The Lion King" produced by Walt Disney Studios. Its components are miraculous birth, acquisition of magical fragility, heroic deeds and trials, short-term death and rebirth, wisdom of rule and mystical death of the hero. The plot of The Lion King develops on the symbolic model of cosmogonic myth and heroic initiation. The hierarchy associated with the roles of the central characters and narrative persons is based on Egyptian myth (Osiris). The climax of the movie is the duel between the protagonist and his antagonist. In this conflict, the model of eschatological myth can be traced. The narrative artistic space of the movie and the heroics represent different aspects of mythological thinking.