Snatched from Spring
Persephone as a paradigm for young adult fantasy heroines
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol19.280Keywords:
Young adult literature, The rape of Persephone, Twilight saga, A court of thorns and roses seriesAbstract
Although often making direct appearances in YA fantasy literature as actual characters, Hades and Persephone – and their myth – can also be used as a paradigm based on which authors develop their characters and plots. This type of reinterpretation is at the core of two recently published books in the aforementioned genre: A court of mist and fury (2016), by Sarah J. Maas; and Midnight sun (2020), by Stephenie Meyer. In both books, some of the main aspects of the myth as well as distinguishable attributes from the gods are used to structure the relationship between the main characters. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyse how Maas and Meyer appropriated elements from the Greek myth to create their own innovative versions of the rape of Persephone, especially concerning the love relationship resulting from these retellings.
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