Heroine's Journey Reading List FAQ Links From Girl to Goddess Chapter Guide Bibliography Reviews Superheroines Children's Guide The Heroine's Journey
Archetypes Chart Heroine's Journey Powerpoint Pintrest What's the Heroine's Journey? Though scholars often place heroine tales on Campbell’s hero’s journey point by point, the girl has always had a notably different journey than the boy. She quests to rescue her loved ones, not destroy the tyrant as Harry Potter or Luke Skywalker does. The heroine’s friends augment her natural feminine insight with masculine rationality and order, while her lover is a shapeshifting monster of the magical world—a frog prince or beast-husband (or two-faced vampire!). The epic heroine wields a magic charm or prophetic mirror, not a sword. And she destroys murderers and their undead servants as the champion of life. As she struggles against the Patriarchy—the distant or unloving father—she grows into someone who creates her own destiny. Eventually, she too descends into the underworld in a maiden’s white gown, there to die and be reborn greater than before. Awaiting her is the wicked stepmother or Terrible Mother (as Jung calls her): the White Witch of Narnia or Wicked Witch of the West: slayer of children and figure of sterility and unlife. This brutal matriarch is often her only mentor. The heroine not only defeats her, she grows from the lesson and rejoins the world as young mother, queen, and eternal goddess. (Qtd. from my book Buffy and the Heroine's Journey, 2012) Follow the Steps of the Journey
From Girl to Goddess Book Details From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Journey through Myth and Legend ISBN 978-0-7864-4831-9 October 2010 See it at McFarland and Co. See it on Amazon Interview in California Writers Club's Writer's Talk Ordering
A Girl's Guide to the Heroine's Journey
Book Details ISBN: 9781304250124 Spero Publishing 167 pages July 2013 Paperback: $15.95 Ebook in all formats at Smashwords for $4.99.
Superheroines and the Epic Journey: Mythic Themes in Comics, Film and Television McFarland and Co. Fall 2016. Valerie Estelle Frankel
In the heroine’s journey, the young woman protagonist confronts her dark side and emerges stronger. This quest is a recurring theme in comic books and their screen adaptations. Batgirl, Wonder Woman and Black Widow each find their greatest enemy is their dark mother or shadow twin—the savagery they’ve rejected in themselves. Supergirl, in her latest television incarnation, strives to restore her bonds with her sister. This book explores the popular mythos of comics heroines like Jessica Jones, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and the new superwomen of webcomics, who all endure great personal struggle or sacrifice before emerging as female warrior-saviors.
"Frankel uses myth the way it was meant to be used, to help people understand how their lives fit into a larger world. She offers great depth of analysis in understanding how the mythic characters of comics utilize the standard mythic tropes. This is a must-have."--Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Exploring the Next Frontier: Vietnam, NASA, Star Trek and Utopia in 1960s and 1970s American Myth and History. Supporting Materials PowerPoint presentation on the Heroine's Journey from Baycon 2010.
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