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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"female hero"”.
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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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The use of narrative in order to break the masculine domination of the hero quest
… Joseph Campbell published his treatise The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he analysed hero myths from disparate times and places in order to construct a universal hero journey - the monomyth. Drawing on the works of Carl Jung, Campbell gave the monomyth a psychological dimension, …
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Shiahrazad's Daughters
… the <em>Thousand and One Nights</em> featuring a female hero which I would then illustrate and accompany with an historical introduction. I intended to create a book that would be ready for publication and suitable for audiences aged eight to twelve. As feminist fairy tales from around the world …
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Esther and the Maccabees: The Creation of a Hellenist Jewish Heroine
… traditional patriarchal society and focuses on a female hero. The book utilizes a three-act structure with each chapter able to stand on its own beginning, middle, and end. There are examples of such narratives that include many of these tropes, yet they are not found in the Hebrew Bible. They are …