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Typically, an antihero is the focal point of conflict in a story, whether as the protagonist or as the antagonistic force. This is due to the antihero's engagement in the conflict, typically of their own will, rather than a specific calling to serve the greater good. As such, the antihero focuses on
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Antihero is a literary term that can be understood as standing in opposition to the traditional hero, i.e., one with high social status, well liked by the general populace. Past the surface, scholars have additional requirements for the antihero.
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A new book explains the link between the rise of antihero protaganists and the unprecedented abundance of great TV (and what Dick Cheney has to do with it).
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Sitting on the Curb: How and why America's Heroes Disappeared
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from the 2000s and into early 2020s, antiheroes such as
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The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English
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56:(1964), portrayed the archetypal antihero called the "
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The New Romanticism: A Collection of Critical Essays
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Tolstoy Or Dostoevsky: An Essay in the Old Criticism
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The antihero became prominent in early 20th century
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2667:Comics and comic strips made into feature films
873:Kotru, Umesh; Zutshi, Ashutosh (1 March 2015).
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2746:Michigan State University Comic Art Collection
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178:. Karna is the sixth brother of the
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2810:Association of Canadian Cartoonists
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1329:. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 198.
1193:Cooke, Rachel (27 February 2011).
928:"Literary Terms and Definitions B"
808:"Literary Terms and Definitions A"
561:Klapp, Orrin E. (September 1948).
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2736:Fred Waring's Cartoon Collection
690:"The Creation of Popular Heroes"
563:"The Creation of Popular Heroes"
512:Kennedy, Theresa Varney (2014).
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1565:Glossary of comics terminology
1265:Dostoevsky's Polyphonic Talent
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694:American Journal of Sociology
568:American Journal of Sociology
487:. Jefferson, North Carolina:
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2830:National Cartoonists Society
2619:Based on television programs
1468:Reese, Hope (11 July 2013).
425:List of fictional antiheroes
240:. The antihero emerged as a
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5225:Elderly martial arts master
4920:Hooker with a heart of gold
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1354:Brereton, Geoffrey (1968).
1269:University Press of America
1048:Ohio State University Press
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27:Type of fictional character
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2805:Academy of Comic Book Arts
2777:Center for Cartoon Studies
2699:Belgian Comic Strip Center
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1441:Cambridge University Press
1128:W. W. Norton & Company
1126:(1st ed.). New York:
1004:(1st ed.). New York:
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846:Edinburgh University Press
836:Halliwell, Martin (2007).
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32:Antihero (disambiguation)
5572:Superhero fiction themes
3499:Self-fulfilling prophecy
1408:Edelstein, Alan (1996).
1323:Gargett, Graham (2004).
1292:Asong, Linus T. (2012).
1229:Macmillan Publishers Ltd
1151:Ehnenn, Jill R. (2008).
956:Alsen, Eberhard (2014).
936:Carson-Newman University
816:Carson-Newman University
750:Steiner, George (2013).
688:Klapp, Orrin E. (1948).
628:10.1525/si.2004.27.3.333
483:Laham, Nicholas (2009).
334:Golden Age of Television
244:to the traditional hero
211:as well, created by the
4126:Stream of consciousness
3589:Suspension of disbelief
2716:British Cartoon Archive
2709:National Cartoon Museum
1085:Frye, Northrop (2002).
998:Simmons, David (2008).
785:Encyclopædia Britannica
458:Oxford University Press
4952:Manic Pixie Dream Girl
4376:By ethics and morality
3667:Denouement/Catastrophe
3648:Rising action/Epitasis
2926:Finnish Comics Society
2883:Svenska Serieakademien
2873:Comics Studies Society
2741:Gibiteca Antonio Gobbo
2245:Women in Refrigerators
2240:The Hawkeye Initiative
1878:Female comics creators
1040:Lutz, Deborah (2006).
327:Sixties counterculture
237:Notes from Underground
155:Renaissance literature
134:
78:(sometimes spelled as
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4013:Utopian and dystopian
2662:Comic books on CD/DVD
1912:Comics historiography
932:Dr. Wheeler's Website
812:Dr. Wheeler's Website
532:10.1353/tfr.2014.0114
137:An early antihero is
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3567:Narrative techniques
3347:Story within a story
3159:Supporting character
2878:Sequart Organization
2624:Based on video games
2206:Gender and webcomics
1771:Publishing companies
1384:. pp. 294–295.
1089:Anatomy of Criticism
964:Taylor & Francis
616:Symbolic Interaction
107:character alignments
53:A Fistful of Dollars
30:For other uses, see
5166:Princess and dragon
5064:Princesse lointaine
4564:(servants, clowns:
4534:Gentleman detective
4272:Political narrative
4114:Unreliable narrator
3971:Speculative fiction
3679:Nonlinear narrative
3627:Three-act structure
3487:Deal with the Devil
2936:The Hero Initiative
2216:American mainstream
2018:Comics in education
1621:Comic strip formats
1433:Ousby, Ian (1996).
1362:. pp. 254–255.
661:(3 (5579)): 44–47.
489:McFarland & Co.
260:Somerville and Ross
50:, pictured here in
44:Revisionist Western
5451:Identity formation
5241:American mappillai
5153:Damsel in distress
4935:Magical girlfriend
4840:(wealthy old men,
4250:Narrative paradigm
4245:Narrative identity
4175:Dominant narrative
4121:Multiple narrators
3405:Fictional location
3248:Dramatic structure
2977:Cartoon portal
2731:The Cartoon Museum
2726:Cartoon Art Museum
2450:France and Belgium
2235:Portrayal of women
2228:African characters
2196:Ethnic stereotypes
1378:The Jameson Reader
1159:Ashgate Publishing
1006:Palgrave Macmillan
787:. 14 February 2013
651:"An Age of Chaos?"
265:The Real Charlotte
232:Fyodor Dostoyevsky
194:side of the final
135:
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68:Spaghetti Westerns
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5421:Adolescent clique
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4432:Mythological king
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4255:Narrative therapy
3689:television series
3634:Freytag's Pyramid
3477:Moral development
3380:Alternate history
3090:False protagonist
3005:
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2965:Comics portal
2949:
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2782:The Kubert School
2685:
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2180:Widescreen comics
2023:Comics journalism
1893:
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1685:Political cartoon
1626:Daily comic strip
926:Wheeler, L. Lip.
886:978-93-5201-304-3
806:Wheeler, L. Lip.
519:The French Review
420:False protagonist
402:Literature portal
282:The Metamorphosis
248:, a process that
60:" in the Italian
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5467:Little green men
5456:Imaginary friend
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5079:Yamato nadeshiko
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3778:Narrative poetry
3674:Linear narrative
3584:Stylistic device
3579:Show, don't tell
3542:Figure of speech
3332:Shaggy dog story
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256:Huckleberry Finn
58:Man with No Name
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2003:Anthropomorphic
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