A Thousand Heroes and One

The Hero's Journey in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and FireBy Arthur Maia
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This master's thesis approaches the heroes in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire", analyzing the journeys of Eddard Stark, Quentyn Martell, Jon Snow, and Daenerys Targaryen. The application of Campbell's famous Monomyth, or Hero's Journey, did not prove particularly successful when it comes to this series, which leads to a series of ponderations about its universality and the role point of view plays in this debate. "A Song of Ice and Fire" is a masterpiece of fantasy literature that helps scholars to rethink axioms they have been taking for granted for decades, and there is still much more to be said about it.

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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length4 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2INTRODUCTION
31. HEROES AND FANTASY: AN OVERVIEW
41.1 JOSEPH CAMPBELL’S HERO’S JOURNEY
51.1.1 Heroes
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61.1.1.1 Antiheroes
71.1.1.2 Female Heroes
81.2 GEORGE R. R. MARTIN AND A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: 1.2.1 George R. R. Martin and the new wave of science fiction
91.3 IMMERSIVE FANTASY AND TOLKIENIAN TRADITION: 1.3.1 A Song of Ice and Fire and the challenges to the Tolkienian Tradition
102. THE FATE OF CAMPBELLIAN HEROES: EDDARD STARK AND QUENTYN MARTELL
112.1 EDDARD STARK, THE CLASSICAL HERO: 2.1.1 Eddard’s journey
122.2 QUENTYN MARTELL, THE UNLIKELY HERO: 2.2.1 Quentyn’s journey
132.3 FINAL THOUGHTS
143. THE MANY FACES OF A HERO: JON SNOW AND DAENERYS TARGARYEN
153.1 JON SNOW AND THE BILDUNGSROMAN: 3.1.1 Jon’s Journey
163.2 DAENERYS TARGARYEN, THE PRINCESS THAT WAS PROMISED: 3.2.1 Daenerys’ journey
173.3 FINAL THOUGHTS
18CONCLUSION
19APPENDIX
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