The databases featured in this box are particularly useful for this class. You can learn more about databases on the Research Hub. Click the parrot.
Think about keywords related to The Hero's Journey to start your search in the library's WorldCat catalog.
When you find a good article or book, open the Description section of the record to find more books on the topic using the Subject Headings. Clicking on a Subject will take you to a list of all the related materials in the catalog that have been classified under that subject.
Try some of these subject headings related to East Asia in WorldCat:
Hero’s Journey
Epic Hero
Tragic Hero
Antihero
Reluctant Hero
Feminist Revisions of the Hero's Journey
Postcolonial Hero
Non-Western Heroic Narratives
Joseph Campbell
Archetype / Archetypal Criticism
Myth Criticism
Narrative Structure
Comparative Mythology
Worldview
Cultural Identity
Social Values
Collective Unconscious (Jungian theory)
Cultural Hero / National Hero
Myth and Society