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Deconstructing the Hero

Margery Hourihan
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adventure story ideological critique
Author_Margery Hourihan
Betsey Trotwood
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Category=DSY
Cheshire Cat
children's adventure narratives
Conventional Hero
critical reading pedagogy
cultural values in fiction
Drawn Back
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Fairy Tales
gender representation analysis
Goose Girl
Great Goddess
Grimm Version
Hero Story
Hero Tales
Hero's Journey
Hero’s Journey
Hitch Hiker's Guide
Hitch Hiker’s Guide
Holmes Stories
hood
king
Le Chiffre
Lone Ranger
mines
Mr McGregor's Garden
Mr McGregor’s Garden
narrative structure studies
peter
Peter Rabbit
postcolonial literary critique
rabbit
red
Red Riding Hood
riding
Smarty Pants
Snowy River
solomon's
story
tales
Water Falling
Whitlam Government
Wild Man
Wild Things
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415144193
  • Weight: 521g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Sep 1997
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

This book sets out to explore the structure and meanings within the most popular of all literary genres - the adventure story. Deconstructing the Hero offers analytical readings of some of the most widely read adventure stories such as Treasure Island , the James Bond stories and Star Wars. The book describes how adventure stories are influential in shaping children's perception and establishing values.
When many of these stories define non-white, non-European people as inferior, and women as marginal or incapable, we should be worried about what they are teaching our children to think. Margery Hourihan shows how teaching children to read books critically can help to prevent the establishment of negative attitudes, discourage aggression and promote values of emotion and creativity.

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