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The Antichrist as Anti‐Monomyth: The Omen Films as Social Critique

2011; Wiley; Volume: 44; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00886.x

1540-5931

Neil Gerlach,

Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 44, Issue 5 p. 1027-1046 The Antichrist as Anti-Monomyth: The Omen Films as Social Critique NEIL GERLACH, NEIL GERLACH Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton UniversitySearch for more papers by this author NEIL GERLACH, NEIL GERLACH Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 28 September 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00886.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Works Cited Bacevich, Andrew. The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War. New York: Oxford UP, 2005. Print. Bellah, Robert. Civil Religion in America. Daedalus Fall (2005, orig. 1967): 40– 55. Print. Berger, James. Twentieth-Century Apocalypse: Forecasts and Aftermaths. Twentieth Century Literature 46.4 (2000): 387– 95. Print. Boyer, Paul. When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture. Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 1992. Print. Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1972 (orig. 1956). Print. Cassara, Ernest. The Development of America's Sense of Mission. Interdisciplinary Essays on Myth and Culture. Ed. Lois Parkinson Zamora. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green UP, 1982. 64– 96. Print. Cohn, Norman. The Pursuit of the Millennium. Rev. ed. Oxford UP, 1970. Print. Donner, Richard. “666: The Omen Revealed.”The Omen: Special Edition. 20th Century Fox, 2000. DVD. Engelhardt, Tom. The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation. New York: Basic, 1995. Print. Fukuyama, Francis. The End of History and the Last Man. New York: Free Press, 1992. Print. Jancovich, Mark. Horror. London: B. T. Batsford, 1992. Print. Jewett, Robert, and John Shelton Lawrence. The American Monomyth. Garden City, NY: Anchor, 1977. Print. John Shelton Lawrence. Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2003. Print. Lasch, Christopher. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations. New York: Warner Books, 1979. Print. Levi-Strauss, Claude. The Naked Man, trans. John and Doreen Weightman. New York: Harper and Row, 1981. Print. Lindsey, Hal. The Late Great Planet Earth. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1970. Print. Nelson, John Wiley. The Apocalyptic Vision in American Popular Culture. Interdisciplinary Essays on Myth and Culture. Ed. Lois Parkinson Zamora. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green UP, 1982. 154– 82. Print. Ostwalt, Conrad. Hollywood and Armageddon: Apocalyptic Themes in Recent Cinematic Presentation. Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film. Ed. Joel Martin and Conrad Ostwalt. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1995. 55– 63. Print. Quimby, Lee. Anti-Apocalypse: Exercises in Genealogical Criticism. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1994. Print. Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America. New York: U of Oklahoma P, 1998. Print. Tudor, Andrew. Monsters and Mad Scientists: A Cultural History of the Horror Movie. Oxford: Blackwell, 1989. Print. Walsh, Richard. On Finding a Non-American Revelation: End of Days and the Book of Revelation. Screening Scripture: Intertextual Connections Between Scripture and Film. Eds. George Aichele and Richard Walsh. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity, 2002. 1– 23. Print. Williams, Tony. Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University, 1996. Print. Wood, Robin. Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan. New York: Columbia UP, 1986. Print. Films Cited Damien: Omen II. Dir. Don Taylor. 20th Century Fox, 1978. Film. The Exorcist. Dir. William Friedkin. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1973. Film. The Omen. Dir. Richard Donner. 20th Century Fox, 1976. Film. The Omen. Dir. John Moore. 20th Century Fox, 2006. Film. Omen III: Final Conflict. Dir. Graham Baker. 20th Century Fox, 1981. Film. Rosemary's Baby. Dir. Roman Polanski. Paramount Pictures, 1968. Film Volume44, Issue5October 2011Pages 1027-1046 ReferencesRelatedInformation