ENGL 2810Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Spiritualism, Skipping Rope, Mother Goddess
23 Feb 2016
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The snow queen (2000) keraghan"s revisionist version of hans christian. The mythic (male) quest (joseph campbell and others) Initiation, involving an encounter with some source of power, and a series of tests and trails. You have to go away to gain power. Male hero comes back to his town. Always have to leave home, unlike female protagonists. In traditional tales, the female protagonist often does not leave home at all; and if she does, she is likely to be driven out to seek a new home. For a female protagonist the quest takes on a different pattern, given the more restricted place allotted to her by society. Her development reduces rather than expands her horizons, and teachers her to restrain worldly curiosity in favour of self-control and the selfless nurturing of others. Unlike her wandering male counterparts, the questing heroine takes the voyage in", remaining within the domestic circle.
