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Gómez, Luis Unceta. "From Antiquity to the Present and Back: Reciprocal influences between heroes and superheroes." Classical Heroes in the 21st Century. New Perspectives on Contemporary Cinematic Narratives of Antiquity. Eds. Martin Lindner and Nils Steffensen. Helden – Heroisierungen – Heroismen. Würzburg: Ergon, 2023. 51–63. Added by: joachim (27/07/2026, 12:36) Last edited by: joachim (27/07/2026, 12:38) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English Published BibTeX citation key: Gomez2023 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Adaptation, Classical antiquity, Film adaptation, Superhero Creators: Gómez, Lindner, Steffensen Publisher: Ergon (Würzburg) Collection: Classical Heroes in the 21st Century. New Perspectives on Contemporary Cinematic Narratives of Antiquity |
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This paper explores the interactions between the characteristic traits and narrative template of the figure of the classical hero, and those of the archetype of the superhero. The kind of mutual influence that operates in the process of reception of classical heroes in contemporary mass media has spread from comics to movies, through the filmic adaptations of superhero comics, and has shaped modern renditions of mythical figures, such as Brett Ratner’s Hercules (2014), which is discussed here as a case study.
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