Essays about: "Hero s Journey"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Hero s Journey.

  1. 1. Outlaws In Our Hearts : Incorporating The Adventures of Robin Hood in the EFL classroom to discuss the Hero’s Journey from different angles of Archetypal Literary Criticism

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Emanuela Bytyqi; [2023]
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  3. 2. Not All Heros Wear Capes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fang Cheng; Hanna Åstrand; [2023]
    Keywords : Keywords: Emotion Creation; Brand Archetype; Myth-telling; System 1; Hero; Ordinary People; Hero’s Journey; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to enhance our understanding of branding communication with mass audiences using ordinary people in myth treatment. Methodology: This qualitative study explores the phenomenon of ordinary people portrayed as heroes in advertisements in an abductive manner. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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 institutionen

    Author : Martin Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Green Knight; Failure; The Hero’s Journey; David Lowery; Christopher Vogler; Coming of Age;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. "Stick vs. Rope. Gun vs. Strand." : The Monomyth and the Hero as Warrior in Kojima Productions' 2019 Video Game Death Stranding

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Beatrice Näsling; [2022]
    Keywords : Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; video game; Joseph Campbell; monomyth; hero s journey; violence; heroic archetypes.; Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; TV-spel; Joseph Campbell; monomyt; hjältens resa; våld; hjältearketyper;

    Abstract : Released in 2019, the video game Death Stranding follows the monomythic structure described by Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The journey begins with the protagonist, Sam “Porter” Bridges, reluctantly accepting his calls to adventure, and, as he begins to move west, he receives supernatural aid from an increasing number of helpers he encounters along the way. READ MORE

  6. 5. The (non)democratic superhero? : A study of the reproduction of democratic society in character narratives in superhero films.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Evelin Nyberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Democracy; Popular culture; Superhero; Agency; Structuration;

    Abstract : This study uses political philosophy to understand how democracy is communicated as transmutating or transitioning in superhero narratives. The study combines a conflict-based conceptualisation of democracy with Anthony Giddens’ structuration theory to discuss the characters’ actions in relation to their respective society. READ MORE