Changing complexity in the hero’s journey of Dreamworks' Megamind

21 October 2022, Version 1
This content is an early or alternative research output and has not been peer-reviewed by Cambridge University Press at the time of posting.

Abstract

How does the screenplay of Megamind use post-modernistic linguistic techniques to subvert the hero’s journey story structure and illustrate morality in media?

Keywords

animation
postmodernism
dreamworks
literary
modern
animated
bildungsroman
hero

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