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Narratives of a Fall: Star Wars Fan Fiction Writers Interpret Anakin Skywalker's Story / Star Wars Fan Fiction Writers Interpret Anakin Skywalker's StoryCarpenter, Sarah Gerina 09 1900 (has links)
viii, 94 p. / My thesis examines Star Wars fan fiction about Anakin Skywalker posted on the popular blogging platform LiveJournal. I investigate the folkloric qualities of such posts and analyze the ways in which fans through narrative generate systems of meaning, engage in performative expressions of gender identity, resistance, and festival, and create transformative works within the present cultural milieu. My method has been to follow the posts of several Star Wars fans on LiveJournal who are active in posting fan fiction and who frequently respond to one another's posts, thereby creating a network of community interaction. I find that fans construct systems of meaning through complex interactions with a network of cultural sources, that each posting involves multiple layers of performance, and that these works frequently act as parody, critique, and commentary on not just the official materials but on the cultural climate that produced and has been influenced by them. / Committee in charge: Dr. Dianne Dugaw, Chair;
Dr. Lisa Gilman, Member;
Dr. Debra Merskin, Member
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A Wonder Whose Origin is not Known: The Importance of the Orphan Hero in Otherworldly FilmCallahan, Sarah Francis 05 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the importance of the orphan hero in film and his resonance with the American people. It explores the orphan and the American identities, the archetypes found in myths, and the hero in American culture. The three heroes (Batman, Anakin Skywalker, and Harry Potter) represent certain aspects of orphan heroes: the capacity for sacrifice and the need to resist focusing on oneself. The type of hero each becomes has its source in the response he takes to his orphanhood. These young men suffered great loss early in their lives, but found the strength to sacrifice themselves for others, the ultimate sign of a hero.
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