Myth and Language

Myth and Language

All aspects of human life are perceived and organized through myths and systems of myth. Language is a similarly vital function of our existence. Myth and Language explores the less universally accepted supposition that, particularly for the realm of literature, these two domains are necessarily int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cook, Albert, 1925-1998 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press 1980
1980.
Materias:
Levi-Strauss, Claude.
Sprache
Mythos
Mythologie
Myth.
Language and languages.
Greek literature.
Folk literature.
Litterature populaire > Histoire et critique.
Litterature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Langage et langues.
Mythe.
Folk literature > History and criticism.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Griechenland > Altertum
Myths & fairy tales
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The social context: Levi-Strauss, myth, and the neolithic revolution
  • The large phases of myth
  • pt. 2. The classical example: Heraclitus and the conditions of utterance
  • Pindar: "Great deeds of prowess are always many-mythed"
  • Inquiry: Herodotus
  • Ovid: the dialectics of recovery from atavism
  • pt. 3. Elementary forms: Between prose and poetry: the speech and silence of the proverb
  • Between myth and proverb: the self-enclosure of the riddle
  • Parable
  • Metaphor: literature's access to myth
  • Language and myth.

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