Great Expectations: The Role of Myth in 1980s Films with Child Heroes
This study performed a mythic analysis on three films with child heroes including E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Stand by Me, and The Goonies. Several unifying themes were extracted and then compared with the dominant values of Reagan America to determine if these films provided a unique cultural o...
Main Author: | Olson, Eric Lars |
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Other Authors: | Communication Studies |
Format: | Others |
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32929 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05172011-113805/ |
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