Movie in search of America: The rhetoric of myth in Easy Rider
This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of the movie Easy Rider. It explores how auteurs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern's use of road, regional, and cowboy mythology creates a text that simultaneously exposes and is dominated by the ironies inherent in American culture and breathes...
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ndltd-csusb.edu-oai-scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu-etd-project-38212019-10-23T03:33:41Z Movie in search of America: The rhetoric of myth in Easy Rider Raynes, Hayley Susan This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of the movie Easy Rider. It explores how auteurs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern's use of road, regional, and cowboy mythology creates a text that simultaneously exposes and is dominated by the ironies inherent in American culture and breathes new life into the cowboy myth, reaffirming the cowboy's place as one of America's most enduring cultural icons. 2005-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2804 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3821&context=etd-project Theses Digitization Project CSUSB ScholarWorks Myth in motion pictures Archetype (Psychology) in motion pictures Archetype (Psychology) in motion pictures Myth in motion pictures. American Film Studies Rhetoric |
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This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of the movie Easy Rider. It explores how auteurs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern's use of road, regional, and cowboy mythology creates a text that simultaneously exposes and is dominated by the ironies inherent in American culture and breathes new life into the cowboy myth, reaffirming the cowboy's place as one of America's most enduring cultural icons. |
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