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The Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2
2024. urn:nbn:hr:142:565358
Šprem, Hana
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Šprem, H. (2024). The Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2 (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:565358

Šprem, Hana. "The Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:565358

Šprem, Hana. "The Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:565358

Šprem, H. (2024). 'The Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 01 March 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:565358

Šprem H. The Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2 [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2024 [cited 2025 March 01] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:565358

H. Šprem, "The Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2024. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:565358

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TitleThe Archetype of the Western Cowboy Outlaw in Red Dead Redemption 2
Title (croatian)Arhetip zapadnjačkog kauboja-odmetnika u videoigri Red Dead Redemption 2
AuthorHana Šprem
MentorJadranka Zlomislić (mentor)
Committee memberJasna Poljak Rehlicki (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberJadranka Zlomislić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberLjubica Matek (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2024-09-30, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The Western genre’s presence in books and films is substantial, but in recent years it can be found increasingly in video games as well. The most popular Western video game currently is Red Dead Redemption 2, released in 2018. This thesis focuses on Red Dead Redemption 2 and its protagonist Arthur Morgan. The aim of the thesis is to analyze Arthur Morgan through the Western cowboy outlaw and the Western hero archetype using John G. Cawelti’s The Six-Gun Mystique, Northrop Frye’s Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays, Mody C. Boatright’s The Formula in Cowboy Fiction and Drama, and Max Westbrook’s The Themes of Western Fiction. Furthermore, the thesis aims to disprove Cawelti’s statement that the tragedy of the Western hero is not comparable to the tragic hero of Greek classics. Through the analysis, the thesis found that Arthur Morgan exhibits the characteristics of both archetypes, but the characteristics of the archetype of the Western hero outweigh those of the Western cowboy outlaw. In addition, the thesis concludes that Arthur Morgan’s story as a Western hero is comparable to that of the Greek classics through Arthur’s tragic outcome and his heroic efforts.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:565358
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Education, Philology, Translation Studies
Course: Teacher Education
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti / sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti / sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Croatian Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Education, Research Studies
Course: Teacher Education
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra edukacije hrvatskog jezika i književnosti / sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra hrvatskog jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra edukacije hrvatskog jezika i književnosti / sveučilišni/a magistar/magistra hrvatskog jezika i književnosti)
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