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“Hero” in Children’s Literature

“Hero” in Children’s Literature. Presenters: Zoe, Jean, Emma, Nig. Definitions of “Hero”. In ancient Greek, as Aristotle says in Poetics: 1. a noble person 2. from good fortune to misfortune 3. the cause must not be a vice, but a great error. (Too confident.)

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“Hero” in Children’s Literature

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  1. “Hero” in Children’s Literature Presenters: Zoe, Jean, Emma, Nig

  2. Definitions of “Hero” • In ancient Greek, as Aristotle says in Poetics:1. a noble person 2. from good fortune to misfortune3. the cause must not be a vice, but a great error. (Too confident.) Example Character: Faustus. • In middle age: 1. the hero may not be a noble man. (ex: Prince.) 2. Prince may not be a hero. (People’s revoke- no longer follow the government blindly.) Example Character: Robin hood, The frog prince. • Recently: 1. Hero turn to grow from misfortune to fortune. 2. As Jung says in his psychological analysis: Human’s character, which he called “Psyche”, can be divided from “Ego” into “Self”, which including four types-“persona, anima, animus, shadow.“ A hero must been through some difficulties to grow closer to their “Self”, and those difficulties are what we called “transfer”. From adolescent to adult; from victim to hero, etc. Which means their Ego is on a par with their Self . Example Character: Harry Potter.

  3. Faustus • Faustus, a doctor of science, make a covenant with a demon in order to know more, and trade his soul to the demon after his death. • The main mistake: Pride. • The mistake that made by Faustus reflect the critique over renaissance. – The pursuit of knowledge may cause some problem. • In the end of the story he says: “I’ll burn my books.” – regret. • The key that makes him a tragedy hero: The result of Faustus triggered audience’s compassion for him. Video Clip

  4. Robin Hood • 1220 - 1600 • The applied sentences in ancient books. • 1250 - 17centruy • short dialogs in the folk rhymes format. • Late 15 century - Late 18 Century • Dramas • Early 19 century – 1930 • Nation hero • 20 century • Mass media. (Movies)

  5. People’s revoke • No longer follow the government blindly. • People’s need • Hero’s define depends on the changing time. • Journey • The specialty which hero got more than prince.

  6. Frog Prince The first story of Grimm's fairy tale Prince may not be the hero. Reflect irony royals The raising of feminism COMPARISION

  7. COMPARISION Sleeping Beauty • First published in 1967 • The prince is still hero. • The prince is still noble. • Hero has to undergo some difficulties.

  8. Frog Prince

  9. Harry Potter Four archetypes Persona 人格面具 Anima 阿尼瑪 Animus 阿尼姆斯 Shadow 陰影 • Self is the center of these four archetypes. • Completeness of psyche

  10. Transformation of Harry • In the beginning --- pressed, obedient • In the middle --- accepts the shadow • In the end --- his ego has accorded with his self.

  11. CONLUSION • Recently: • Heroes grow from misfortune to fortune. • From adolescent to adult • From victim to hero. • (Harry Potter) • Ancient Greek Faustus (Tragedy Hero) • In Middle Age: • A hero may not be a noble man People need different types of “Heroes”, due to the times they were in. (Robin Hood) • From heroes to heroines (Frog Prince) • Psyche Ego Self persona anima animus shadow

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