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Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
English
Date of Award
5-2001
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
John D. Morefield
Committee Members
Isabel B. Stanley, William Styron Harris Jr.
Abstract
This study is an examination of the protagonists in Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, and Brideshead Revisited. The purpose of this study is to show how each novel displays the same type of character progressing towards heroism. This type of heroism is explained by using Carol Pearson's The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By. Using Pearson's archetypes to discuss these protagonists gives one a better understanding of the characters and their development as they move towards self-knowledge.
The introduction explains the term hero and gives a brief review of Pearson's book. Chapters two, three and four are each devoted to one of the specified novels and contain an examination of how the protagonist progresses through Pearson's archetypes. Chapter five is the conclusion, which summarizes this study and states the usefulness of archetypes in understanding the development of a character, as well as the importance of taking the heroic journey.
Document Type
Thesis - restricted
Recommended Citation
McInturff, Tammy J., "From Arcadia to Heroism: The Progression of the Protagonists in Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited." (2001). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 100. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/100
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.