Detailed Information on Publication Record
2021
The Portrayal of Heroes in Children´s Literature
LATONOVÁ, VeronikaBasic information
Original name
The Portrayal of Heroes in Children´s Literature
Authors
LATONOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
1. vyd. Opava, Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Text Analysis/Perspektiven der Textanalyse im 21. Jahrhundert, p. 43-54, 12 pp. 2021
Publisher
Slezská univerzita v Opavě
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
Field of Study
60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
RIV identification code
RIV/47813059:19240/21:A0000929
Organization unit
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
ISBN
978-80-7510-481-6
Keywords in English
heroes; children’s literature; fantasy; monomyth; Coraline; Bridge to Terabithia
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Reviewed
Změněno: 28/2/2022 13:21, doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
This paper deals with the portrayal of heroes in children’s literature. Firstly, the concept of heroism is briefly introduced with its role in children’s literature. Then the focus is placed on individual protagonists from novels Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Coraline by Neil Gaiman, and their analysis in the context of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. Finally, it compares both presented protagonists with a focus on the difference between the 20th century and 21st-century portrayal of heroism.