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Introduction
The road:
The vehicle
Off road
Small towns
Big city
Crossing the cornfield
Labyrinths and Mazes
Monsters on- and off-road From 00CC33 to 33CCCC: a road narrative analysis of Haunting of Hill House, book and Netflix television series The Monster in the middle
Characters in road narratives FFFFFF: The far end of the spectrum: orphans who cross the cornfield to utopia FFFFCC: Orphans, Utopia and Mazes FFFF66: Orphans going off road to reach utopia FFFF00: The highway to utopia leads to self discovery for orphans FFCCFF: Orphans through cornfields and time FFCC99: Orphan Uhoria Labyrinth FFCC66: Orphans traveling off road through time FFCC33: Orphan Uhoria Blue Highway: A comparison of The Sentinel and Three-Quarters Dead FFCC00: Orphan Uhoria Interstate: The Polar Express, Waiting for Augusta, and Winterhouse FF99FF: Orphan wildlands cornfield FF99CC and FF9999: orphans in the wildlands by maze and labyrinth FF9966: Orphans off road in the wildlands FF9933: orphan wildlands blue highway FF9900 Orphan Wildlands Blue Highway FF66FF: orphan home cornfield: or who lives alone in a cornfield? FF66CC: Orphans at home in the maze FF6699: orphans at home in the labyrinth FF6666: orphan going offroad towards home FF6633: orphans going home along the Blue Highway FF6600: Orphans looking for home on the Interstate FF33FF: orphans in rural places surrounded by cornfields FF33CC and FF3399: rural orphans in the maze and labyrinth FF3366: orphans going offroad to rural places FF3333: orphans in rural places along Blue Highways FF3300: orphans left in rural places along interstates FF00FF: orphans in the city by way of the cornfield FF00CC: orphans in the maze of the city FF0099: an orphan in a city labyrinth: a close reading of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere FF0066: Orphans going offroad in the city FF0033: An orphan's journey to the big city by way of the Blue Highway FF0000: Orphans to the city by way of the interstate CCFFFF: Siblings to Utopia by Way of the Cornfield: a reading of "Slumber Party. CCFFCC: Siblings through the maze to utopia CCFF99: siblings to utopia via the labyrinth CCFF66: Siblings going offroad to utopia CCFF33: siblings to utopia along the Blue Highway: a brief look at the first seven seasons of Supernatural CCFF00: Siblings to Utopia via the interstate CCCCFF: Siblings through the cornfield to uhoria CCCCCC: Siblings through the maze to uhoria CCCC99: Siblings to uhoria via the labyrinth CCCC66: Siblings going offroad to uhoria CCCC33: siblings traveling to uhoria on the Blue Highway CCCC00: Siblings to uhoria along the interstate 99FFFF-990000: Scarecrows and Minotaurs Greenglass House by Kate Milford: A road narrative deconstruction How I classify the road narrative protagonist Metaphoric language of marginalized travelers Sibling magic on and off road in the fantasy and horror road narrative The three faces of Eleanor Traveling party Who is Dorothy?
Uhoria and Utopia Are small towns uhoric or utopic? Traveling between utopia and uhoria: an introduction to the use of space and time in Oz and Night Vale
