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FYS Concepts of the Hero from the Past to Today: Start Here

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Where to Find Scholarly Sources

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. 

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Searching for Information

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

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