THE WORLD ACCORDING TO FINAL FANTASY - THE JAPANESE RPG AS A MODERN MYTH

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO FINAL FANTASY - THE JAPANESE RPG AS A MODERN MYTH

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In thirty-five years of existence, Final Fantasy has captured the imagination of an ever-widening audience; However, it is difficult to explain the reason. The adventure of the Japanese RPG, of which the Square Enix saga is undoubtedly the most prestigious ambassador, definitely has something special in the world of video games, and perhaps even that of fiction. It is not necessary to focus on the numerous borrowings from mythology, its gods and its bestiaries to see Final Fantasy as yet another attempt to write the great story of humanity. Throughout the centuries, we have continued to tell ourselves about man in all his complexity, using narrative as the form best suited to transmitting the most subtle ideas. Final Fantasy, by making these universal elements and structures common to many civilizations shine, tells us once again to what extent existence itself has everything of a fantasy, that imagination is a language expressing a truth which, perhaps, beyond us, but for which art becomes the canvas. Through the works of Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph Campbell, Erich Neumann, Mircea Eliade and even Jordan Peterson, this book will attempt to bring out the essence of Final Fantasy, which is in certain respects a modern mythological story.