Essays about: "Christopher Vogler"
Found 5 essays containing the words Christopher Vogler.
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1. On the Quest for Alternative Ways of Becoming : Multifaceted Means of Maturation in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Living in an era where success is embraced as a life style, raises concerns that the alternatives to become, to grow and mature have been limited to a single variety – one where only triumph matters. This is a view that is spread through contemporary popular culture, whether it be in social media, video games, tv-series, films or books. READ MORE
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2. Lord Language and the Influence of Archetypes
University essay from Lunds universitet/JapanskaAbstract : This paper concerns the role language of lord characters in Japanese fiction. The idea of role language is defined by Satoshi Kinsui as certain speech patterns of character types in Japanese fiction. The thesis primarily investigates if lord language from six different lord characters exhibits features from other role languages. READ MORE
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3. Making a Hero - Vogler’s Supportive and Opposing Archetypes in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : According to Christopher Vogler, all unforgettable stories contain a distinctive dramatic structure and an evolving hero accompanied by other archetypical characters. This essay examines the popular children’s book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, and which impact the different archetypes in the story have on Percy’s growth as a hero. READ MORE
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4. Who Did You Say You Were? : A case study of character creation through language usage in Takarazuka plays
University essay from Lunds universitet/JapanskaAbstract : This case study of the effectiveness of the usage of Japanese role language uses character portrayals from performances by the theatre company Takarazuka Revue to investigate how native Japanese speakers perceive characters solely based upon lexical or grammatical cues in spoken language. With a foundation in Satoshi Kinsui’s description of role language and Christopher Vogler’s character archetypes, a number of protagonists, antagonists and supporting characters were selected for their disparate characteristics and conformity with different stereotypes to see if there were particular speech patterns which could be seen for example among good and evil characters, or protagonists and non-protagonists. READ MORE
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5. Words of the Japanese Shadow : a study of Jungian archetypes and Japanese role language
University essay from Lunds universitet/JapanskaAbstract : This essay builds upon the theories of role language advocated by Satoshi Kinsui, as well as the archetype theories of Christopher Vogler, Joseph Campbell and Carl Gustav Jung. Kinsui argues that role language styles in Japanese are connected to the characters archetypes described by Vogler, and proceeds to connect three language styles to archetypes. READ MORE
