Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings

Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings

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Main Author: Balkum, Katelyn Colleen
Language:English
Published: Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK 2020
Subjects:
American Literature
Learning Disabilities
Representation
Performing Disabilities
Children Literature
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1588335037313493
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu15883350373134932021-08-03T07:14:50Z Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings Balkum, Katelyn Colleen American Literature Learning Disabilities Representation Performing Disabilities Children Literature Rick Riordan's middle-grade novels have been studied for the introduction of antiquitiesto young readers but not for the inclusion of characters with disabilities and diversebackgrounds. This project explores Riordan's use of disabilities in his Greek and Romanmythology retelling series and argues that while Riordan’s use of disabilities is positive overall,his narrative still falls into the negative effects of the supercrip narrative. These series featuredemigods who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia because oftheir status as a half-god and half-mortal children. Also, other characters in the series usedisabilities to hid their mythical creature features from the mortal world around them.References to the disabilities were pulled through a targeted keyword search about thedisabilities or a character. The use of the learning disabilities for the demigods create anexplanation for the disabilities that cause both disabilities to become nothing more thansuperpower abilities that the demigods have. This thesis analyzed reference to the disabilitiesthat were pulled through a target keyword search for the disabilities and relevant characters.Adaptational references were pulled from the adaptations of the series from the films andmusical. Also, other characters in the series use disabilities to hide their mythical creaturefeatures from the mortal world around them. The performed disabilities by mythical creaturesperform a reverse of the common disability trait of passing. Passing occurs when a disabledperson appears not to be disabled while interacting with people, but here, the mythologicalcreatures pass as mortal while interacting with others. As a whole, Riordan's use of disabilityprovides positive representation of people with disabilities that can offer an introduction to theADHD, dyslexia, and others for young readers. 2020-08-10 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1588335037313493 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1588335037313493 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic American Literature
Learning Disabilities
Representation
Performing Disabilities
Children Literature
spellingShingle American Literature
Learning Disabilities
Representation
Performing Disabilities
Children Literature
Balkum, Katelyn Colleen
Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings
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title Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings
title_short Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings
title_full Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings
title_fullStr Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings
title_full_unstemmed Disabled Heroes: Disabilities in Rick Riordan's Greek and Roman Retellings
title_sort disabled heroes: disabilities in rick riordan's greek and roman retellings
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