Myth and Literature

Dorairaj, A Joseph

Myth and Literature A Hermeneutical Interpretation of James Joyce`s a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Palayamkottai Folklore Resources and Research Centre 2003 - 160p

includes index and biblioraphy

I Introduction ...9 II Theories of Myth : From cassirer to frye ...23 Towards a definition of myth ...23 Myths, legends and folktales ...27 Characteristics of myth ...28 Semiology of myth ...30 Ernst cassirer ...32 Bronislaw malinowski ...35 Mircea eliade ...37 Claude levi strauss ...39 Paul ricoeur...49 Carl gustav jung ...48 Joseph campbell ...53 Maud bodkin ...55 Leslie fiedler ...57 Northrop frye ...58 III Myth literature and hermeneuties : A synoptic view ...63 Myth and literature ...63 The mythic method ...65 Prefigurative techniques ...68 Mythopoesis ...70 Myth criticism ...73 Archetypal symbolosm ...78 What is hermeneutics ...80 Myth hermeneuties ...89 Euhemerism ...95 IV A hermenutical interpretation of Joyee`s a portrait ...97 The mythological underpinnings of a portrait ...97 Theme and genre ...102 An exegetical study of a portrait ...106 A hermeneutical interpretation of a portrait ...116 V Conclusion ...137 References ...144 Index ...158

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