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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Hero's journey"”.
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The Hero's Journey
<p>My ongoing series of assemblages are an expression my modern mythology through the juxtaposition of esoteric symbols and my collection of beloved action figures. Though myth is founded in partial truths and allegories, it has the unique capability to speak about our relationships to one another …
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The Queer Gothic Hero's Journey in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
… in a Gothic subversion of the archetypal hero’s journey. The novel employs Gothic devices to supplant heroic narremes. As the novel progresses, both Dorian (as a type of hero-character) and the narrative repeatedly deny or subvert the normative idea of heroism later reified in Joseph …
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Orbital
… based on the developmental steps of 'The Hero's Journey,' a narrative pattern identified by Joseph Campbell. Using this standard narrative pattern, Orbital is capable of immersing the player quickly and completely for the entirety of play time.
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Katniss and the Monomyth: Constructing Gender Identity in the Hunger Games
Joseph Campbell's theory of the heroic cycle as having three phases is comprehensive. The only aspect he neglects is the difference between the traditional hero and the female hero. While critics such as Pearson and Pope have examined the female hero, they seem to apply this term too broadly thus …
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Darth Bane : The Monomyth's Dark Liberator
… the monomyth has most commonly been called the hero's journey. For many years, the archetypal hero has been thought to be the only character that met the requirements of Campbell's theory. However, through Karpyshyn's trilogy of novels about the Sith Lord, Darth Bane, Bane illustrates what the …
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Whimsyworld
… the mother-daughter relationship), problems with hero's journey and chosen one tropes, the nature of truth, coming of age, and the importance of experiencing wonder as part of the human experience. The narrative follows the conflict of Thea trying to show her mom that she is not making up the …
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Decolonizing the Body of the Chosen One: The Bodily Performance of Anakin Skywalker, Buffy Summers, and T'Challa
… in the Anglo-American literary imagination as a hero above other heroes. This figure embodies Anglo-American understandings of the Hero's Journey and savior narratives theorized by Joseph Campbell. It is a site of colonial triumph and violence and heteronormative white masculinity. Embedded into …
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How to be a superhero: stories of creating a culture of inclusion through theatre
… or atypical (dis)abilities are contextualized as heroes within the metaphoric framework of the hero's journey as popularized by Joseph Campbell. Campbell's stages are juxtaposed with project workshops and performances to emphasize the universal application of inclusion, and the educational power …
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Why Blame Me? Interpreting Counselor Student Resistance to Racially Themed Course Content as Complicity with White Racial Hegemony
… desire for social justice; and (5) introduce the Hero's Journey. Ideas for future research that further describe and explain student resistance are suggested.
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Curriculum, Autophotography, and Jungian Depth Psychology: A Trinity of Social Change
… classrooms that promote Carl Jung's archetypal journey of the soul which in turn institutes a form of social justice teaching and learning for their students. Within this work, I engage in a conversation regarding curriculum as an autophotographic journey of the soul. Autophotography is the …
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The Object of My Abduction
… in literary works such as Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces” and Christopher Vogler's "The Writer's Journey”. The third part is a personal narrative examining the many graduate school experiences that have helped shape me into the writer I am today. Together, these three parts are …
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The Messenger: a One Hour Television Drama
… by a corrupt one world government. An amnesiac hero, named Caden, finds himself on a mission to liberate the planet from corruption. The show explores people's over dependency on technology, eugenics, neurological trauma, and predestination. Various classical literature is weaved into the series …
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Creating both text and music for oratorios: portfolio of compositions and exegesis.
… linked by the archetypal literary form of the hero’s journey. The research method combined the creative roles of librettist and composer and, in doing so, facilitated a deeper understanding of the genre today. The disciplines of creative writing and musical composition overlap in this work and …