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The Ordeal of the Hero in Posthuman Narratives

When you look at Hollywood storytelling, it’s almost banal to notice that every hero, without exception, is sentenced to serious suffering. From Aristotelian plot structures all the way to today’s blockbusters, pain is the glue that sticks us to the protagonist. Through that ordeal we move closer to the hero, build an intimate identification, and […]

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