This thesis, in addition to offering an introduction to Hayao Miyazaki and the summary of his Spirited Away, is meanwhile to interpret Spirited Away with Joseph Campbell’s stages of heroic adventure according to his monomyth. Then, I will analyze Spirited Away through psychological interpretation, including the Freudian concepts of the Ego and the Id to account for the journey of the heroine—Chihiro. Moreover, I am going to discuss the concepts concerning the emptiness of forms, appearances and the essence of the Original Nature by way of dealing with the Buddhological classics—the Diamond Sutra, the Heart Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, Essence of the Infinite Life Sutra, the Dharmic Treasure Altar-Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch—together with other references to best interpret the Buddhological concepts of the emptiness of forms, appearances and the essence of the Original Nature. Ultimately, from the Buddhological perspective of emptiness and essence, there will be an analysis of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away to interpret Campbell’s monomythic stages that take place in Chihiro’s adventure, and to explain her psyche journey that serves as her spiritual reflection of self-rediscovery, self-reinforcement, self-retrieve, and her innermost wisdom-achievement.
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Chapter One Introduction 1 I. Hayao Miyazaki and His Spirited Away 1 II. An Interpretation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away with Campbell’s Monomyth 8 III. An Analysis of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away with Psychoanalytical Approach 9 IV. The Buddhological Perspective of Emptiness and Essence to Interpret Chihiro’s Campbell-and-Psyche Adventure in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away 11
Chapter Two Campbell’s Model of Heroic Adventure in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away 29 I. The Call to Adventure and the Refusal of the Call 31 II. The Crossing of the First Threshold and the Supernatural Aid 35 III. In the Belly of the Whale, the Road of Trials and Woman as the Temptress 40 IV. The Meeting with the Goddess, Atonement with the Father and Crossing the Return Threshold 46 V. The Ultimate Boon, Refusal of the Return and Master of the Two Worlds 52
Chapter Three The Psychoanalysis of Chihiro’s Adventure in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away 58
Chapter Four The Emptiness of the From and the Essence of the Original Nature in Buddhology 77 I. The Emptiness of the Form in Buddhology 77 II. The Essence of the Original Nature in Buddhology 95
Chapter Five A Buddhological Perspective on Chihiro’s Campbell-and-Psyche Adventure from Emptiness to Essence in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away 125 I. The Assumed Self, the True Self and the Spiritual Drive for Wisdom 125 II. The Emptiness of the Realm of the Familiar for Chihiro 140 III. The Emptiness of the Name and the Body in Chihiro’s Adventure 144 IV. Chihiro’s Adventure from Emptiness to Essence in the Spirit World 151
