Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer best known for his work on comparative mythology and the concept of the "hero's journey," which has profoundly influenced modern storytelling.
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| Joseph Campbell canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Campbell Context triple: [Dan Harmon, influencedBy, Joseph Campbell]
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A.
Joseph A. Campbell
Joseph A. Campbell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the company that became the Campbell Soup Company.
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B.
Karl Kerényi
Karl Kerényi was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian classical philologist and historian of religion, best known for his influential studies of Greek mythology and its psychological and cultural significance.
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C.
Albert Lord
Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.
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D.
Owen Barfield
Owen Barfield was a British philosopher, author, and philologist best known for his influential role in the Inklings literary group and his explorations of language, imagination, and the evolution of consciousness.
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E.
J. Hillis Miller
J. Hillis Miller was a prominent American literary critic and theorist associated with deconstruction and Yale School criticism, known for his influential work on Victorian literature and critical theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Campbell Target entity description: Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist, writer, and lecturer best known for his work on comparative mythology and the concept of the "hero's journey," which has profoundly influenced modern storytelling.
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A.
Joseph A. Campbell
Joseph A. Campbell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the company that became the Campbell Soup Company.
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B.
Karl Kerényi
Karl Kerényi was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian classical philologist and historian of religion, best known for his influential studies of Greek mythology and its psychological and cultural significance.
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C.
Albert Lord
Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.
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D.
Owen Barfield
Owen Barfield was a British philosopher, author, and philologist best known for his influential role in the Inklings literary group and his explorations of language, imagination, and the evolution of consciousness.
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E.
J. Hillis Miller
J. Hillis Miller was a prominent American literary critic and theorist associated with deconstruction and Yale School criticism, known for his influential work on Victorian literature and critical theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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lecturer ⓘ mythologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-03-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-10-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| employer | Sarah Lawrence College ⓘ |
| familyName | Campbell ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative mythology
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comparative religion ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| genre |
comparative religion
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literary criticism ⓘ mythology ⓘ popular psychology ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Joseph Campbell Foundation's educational programs ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Masks of God: Creative Mythology
ⓘ
linked to:
The Masks of God
The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology ⓘ
linked to:
The Masks of God
The Masks of God: Oriental Mythology ⓘ
linked to:
The Masks of God
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology ⓘ
linked to:
The Masks of God
|
| influenced |
George Lucas
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Star Wars franchise ⓘ
linked to:
Star Wars
contemporary storytelling ⓘ modern screenwriting theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Carl Jung ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Jungian psychology-influenced mythology
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mythopoetic movement ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
hero's journey
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monomyth ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Myths to Live By
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces ⓘ The Inner Reaches of Outer Space ⓘ The Masks of God ⓘ The Power of Myth ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
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| occupation |
lecturer
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mythologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | White Plains, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Jean Erdman ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
television series "The Power of Myth"
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linked to:
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
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