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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

1991

Archetypes, female

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Archetypes, Stereotypes, And The Female Hero: Transformations In Contemporary Perspectives, Terri Frontgia Oct 1991

Archetypes, Stereotypes, And The Female Hero: Transformations In Contemporary Perspectives, Terri Frontgia

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Points out deficiencies of traditional mythic and psychological archetypes in encompassing females. Considers some heroes and heroines of modern fantasy who demonstrate a new paradigm of archetypes not tied to gender.

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