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Unceta Gómez, Luis. "From hero to superhero: The update of an archetype." The Hero Reloaded. The reinvention of the classical hero in contemporary mass media. Eds. Rosario López Gregoris and Cristóbal Macías Villalobos. IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2020. 1–17. Added by: joachim (17/08/2026, 12:01) Last edited by: joachim (17/08/2026, 14:08) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English Published DOI: 10.1075/ivitra.23.c1 BibTeX citation key: UncetaGomez2020 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "El heroe", Classical antiquity, Intertextuality, Rubín. David, Spain (country), Superhero Creators: López Gregoris, Macías Villalobos, Unceta Gómez Publisher: John Benjamins (Amsterdam, Philadelphia) Collection: The Hero Reloaded. The reinvention of the classical hero in contemporary mass media |
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This paper offers an analysis of the interpretative keys of the character of the superhero in comic books, in comparison with those of the hero of Classical Antiquity. It is not only that both characters come to play similar functions in their respective fictional universes, but there is also a genetic link between the latter and the former. And this relationship is two-way, since this dependency determines the contemporary rewritings of the ancient hero in comic books. Taking El héroe (The Hero), by the Spanish scriptwriter David Rubín, as a case study, this paper tries to exemplify that relationship, according to which an ancient hero such as Hercules immediately evokes the typical features of the superhero of comic book.
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