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== Summarizing ==
== Summarizing ==
* plot, setting, narrator, character, conflict, change, connection, reflection, language, and theme.
* plot, setting, narrator, character, conflict, change, connection, reflection, language, and theme.
== Journey of the hero ==
Jecon 11/27
12 Elements of the heros journey:
1. background, life as normal
2. the call
3. refusal of the call
4. discover a mentor
5. passing the threshhold (heading into the journey)
6. encounter allies and enemies
7. tests and challenges
8. the "innermost cave" (despair moment)
9. seizing the sword: facing the enemy head on
10. the ultimate ordeal
11. resurrection: hero brought back to life, literal o
12. Returning w/ the elixir >> going back to normal life
see : Joesph Campbell's "The Power of Myth"
> the monomyth of call to adventure, tests, and resurrection


== Literary Criticism ==
== Literary Criticism ==