Abstract and Works Cited

 Abstract

Both the Chinese and Western Dragons have been around for centuries. While the Western dragon was more of a character in stories, the Chinese dragon was integral to the religion. Each dragon portrayed the mindset, ideologies, and characteristics of their respective audiences. The Western dragon personified the enemy with classic ‘St George’ type myths. The Chinese dragons were ‘palace-dwelling’ and revered. These mindsets can be categorized into a ‘nature’ or individualism’ through process or ‘culture’ or ‘socialism’ through process. The cultures have developed their ideas through the time they have spent without contact with each other, but later there is a clash in culture when an open line of communication is formed between the two. This caused the Western dragons to take on more of the Chinese ideals, changing the dragon to be viewed less like an enemy and more like a companion. All aspects of the stories are affected with the clash of cultures, the dragons themselves, the other characters and the audience. 



Work Cited

Arnold, Martin. The Dragon : Fear and Power . Reaktion Books Ltd, 2018.

Cheetham, Dominic, and Dominic Cheetham. “Dragons in English: The Great Change of the Late Nineteenth Century.” Children’s Literature in Education, vol. 45, no. 1, Springer Netherlands, 2014, pp. 17–32, doi:10.1007/s10583-013-9201-z.

Hamby, James. “The Necessity of Dragons and Fairies.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 30, no. 3, The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 2019, pp. 412–77.

LEYLAND, JOHN. “THE DRAGON OF MYTHOLOGY, LEGEND, AND ART.” The Magazine of Art, Cassell and co. [etc.], 1891, pp. 330–33.

LEYLAND, JOHN. “THE DRAGON OF MYTHOLOGY, LEGEND, AND ART.” The Magazine of Art, Cassell and co. [etc.], 1891, pp. 369–72.

Martin, George R. R. A Game of Thrones. New York: Bantam Books, 2011.

Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Cressida Cowell. How to Train Your Dragon. United States: DreamWorks Animation, 2010.

Miller, Robert D. “Dragon Myths and Biblical Theology.” Theological Studies (Baltimore), vol. 80, no. 1, SAGE Publications, 2019, pp. 37–56, doi:10.1177/0040563918819812.

Senter, Phil, et al. “Snake to Monster: Conrad Gessner’s Schlangenbuch and the Evolution of the Dragon in the Literature of Natural History.” Journal of Folklore Research, vol. 53, no. 1, Indiana University Press, 2016, pp. 67–124, doi:10.2979/jfolkrese.53.1-4.67.

Yep, Laurence. "Dragons I have Known and Loved." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 21, no. 3, 2010, pp. 386-393,502. ProQuest, https://login.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/login?url= ?url=https://www-proquest-com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/scholarly-journals/dragons-i-have-known-loved/docview/821561151/se-2?accountid=13626.

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