The study of ancient heroes in film provides an eminent contribution to our understanding of the present by identifying the upheavals, conflicts, crises and resolution strategies that manifest themselves in heroic figures. This volume approaches heroizations by examining political leadership in heroic narratives and the influence of ancient heroes on the construction of modern (super-)heroes. Studies on the negations of the heroic reveal ambivalence, fluidity and legitimization difficulties of the examined figures. Contributions on narrativization and aesthetics address didactic potentials, genre influences, intermedial references and the possible future of (de)heroization in cinematic antiquity. With contributions by Jan Bahr | Anastasia Bakogianni | Torsten Caeners | Georg Eckert | Luis Unceta Gómez | Wolfgang Hochbruck | Mathias Jehle |Silvester Kreisel | Martin Lindner | Krešimir Matijević | Nils Steffensen | Alexander Vandewalle | Martin M. Winkler
Idealbilder von Führung. Vergegenwärtigte Helden in AntikfilmenPages 15 - 28 Georg Eckert Download chapter (PDF)
Patchworking the Man of Steel. Myth, Classical Heroes, Circus Strongman and the Creation of SupermanPages 29 - 50 Torsten Caeners Download chapter (PDF)
From Antiquity to the Present and Back. Reciprocal Influences between Heroes and SuperheroesPages 51 - 64 Luis Unceta Gómez Download chapter (PDF)
Antikfilm als didaktische HerausforderungPages 65 - 82 Jan Bahr, Wolfgang Hochbruck, Mathias Jehle, Daniel Kirchner, Nina Kurus, Jessica Pape, Kristina Seefeldt Download chapter (PDF)
