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1. 1. Hjälten nyanserad : En komparativ karaktärsstudie via närläsning av Beowulf och Odyssevs utifrån Joseph Campbells  ”monomyt” och maskulinitetsteori

   Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Litteraturvetenskap

   Författare :Simon Aghed Luterkort; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Joseph Campbell; Raewyn Connell; Jørgen Lorentzen; Claes Ekenstam; Beowulf; Odyssevs; hjälte; maskulinitet; monomyt; mytologi;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to show that what defines a hero is far more complicated than the prolific author and mythological expert Joseph Campbell would have one believe – in his view, heroic qualities stem from a certain type of chosen individual and reoccurring narrative motifs without taking social structures and masculinity into account. By analyzing the characters Beowulf and Odysseus through a filter, consisting of Campbells model of the “hero’s journey” along with perspectives provided by studies in the masculinity field done by Raewyn Connell and Jørgen Lorentzen together with Claes Ekenstam, this essay concludes, in short, the following: applying Campbells model of the hero does reveal several similarities between the two characters, though it ultimately fails to prove any deeper connection. LÄS MER