Recalibrating ‘Heroes and Villains’: Ancient Greek Literature through the Camera Lens

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dc.contributor.authorBakogianni A
dc.contributor.editorLindner M
dc.contributor.editorSteffensen N
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-29T22:50:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-29T22:32:51Z
dc.date.available2023-11-28
dc.date.available2023-11-29T22:50:42Z
dc.date.available2024-01-29T22:32:51Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractAudiences’ expectations of how a hero should behave are shaped by how they measure up against characters coded as villainous. This chapter examines the interdependence of these two concepts with reference to two screen case studies with direct and indirect connections to the Trojan War as an archetype for all wars. Juxtaposing William Scofield, the accidental hero of the World War One movie 1917 (DreamWorks Pictures, 2019) with the villainous Ajax in Troy: Fall of a City (BBC/Netflix, 2018) allows us to reflect on how radically the labels of hero and villain have been recalibrated in the second decade of the new millennium. What has, however, not changed, is the ongoing role that ancient Greek literature, characters, and themes play in such conversations in our popular culture.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.description.place-of-publicationBaden-Baden
dc.format.pagination111-130
dc.identifier.citationBakogianni A. (2023). Recalibrating ‘Heroes and Villains’: Ancient Greek Literature through the Camera Lens. Lindner M, Steffensen N. Classical Heroes in the 21st Century New Perspectives on Contemporary Cinematic Narratives of Antiquity. (pp. 111-130). Baden-Baden. Ergon Verlag.
dc.identifier.elements-typechapter
dc.identifier.isbn3987400749
dc.identifier.isbn9783987400742
dc.identifier.number7
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69334
dc.publisherErgon Verlag
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.nomos-elibrary.de/agb
dc.relation.isPartOfHelden - Heroisierungen - Heroismen
dc.relation.ispartofClassical Heroes in the 21st Century New Perspectives on Contemporary Cinematic Narratives of Antiquity
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
dc.subjectHomeric warriors
dc.subjectantiquity on screen
dc.subjectheroism
dc.subjectClassical Reception
dc.subjectFilm Studies
dc.titleRecalibrating ‘Heroes and Villains’: Ancient Greek Literature through the Camera Lens
dc.typechapter
pubs.elements-id484961
pubs.organisational-groupCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences
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