Matrix Trilogy as a Postmodern Myth

"Myth" is no longer a word with sacred power today§and has turned into a cliché used in a pejorative way§most of the time. The loss of sacred power in myth§reveals people's confidence in and favor on reason§and science. However, if we consider the contemporary§popularity of the fantastic genre, including fantasy,§horror and science fiction, we would deduce that§stories and myths, as a countercurrent of reason and§science, continue to arouse people's imagination.§This book, therefore, stresses how myth works in the§postmodern age through filmic narration and attempts§to bring to light how the Matrix trilogy, replete§with mythemes and archetypes, restores human beings'§connection with myth, stories, the spiritual and the§natural. From the perspective of analytical§psychology, as Carl Jung proposed in his theory of§myth, the present work further delves into the§collective unconscious through the Matrix trilogy's§artistic rendering of a postmodern myth. This§analysis should be favorable for those interested in§the cinematic, mythical, and psychological§reflections on the Matrix trilogy. "Myth" is no longer a word with sacred power today§and has turned into a cliché used in a pejorative way§most of the time. The loss of sacred power in myth§reveals people''s confidence in and favor on reason§and science. However, if we consider the contemporary§popularity of the fantastic genre, including fantasy,§horror and science fiction, we would deduce that§stories and myths, as a countercurrent of reason and§science, continue to arouse people''s imagination.§This book, therefore, stresses how myth works in the§postmodern age through filmic narration and attempts§to bring to light how the Matrix trilogy, replete§with mythemes and archetypes, restores human beings''§connection with myth, stories, the spiritual and the§natural. From the perspective of analytical§psychology, as Carl Jung proposed in his theory of§myth, the present work further delves into the§collective unconscious through the Matrix trilogy''s§artistic rendering of a postmodern myth. This§analysis should be favorable for those interested in§the cinematic, mythical, and psychological§reflections on the Matrix trilogy.