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Mythology in the Modern Novel : A Study of Prefigurative Techniques /
J.J. White reexamines the use of myth in fiction in order to bring a new terminological precision into the field. While concentrating on the German novel (Mann, Broch, and Nossack), he discusses the work of Alberto Moravia, John Bowen, Michel Butor, and Macdonald Harris as well, in order to show the...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1971.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. MYTH AND THE MODERN NOVEL; The Return to Myth; Distinguishing Myths from Mythological Motifs; Myths as Literary Prefigurations; Historical Background; Non-Aesthetic Theories; Myths in Drama and Myths in Fiction; Towards a Methodology: Practical Considerations; 2. TERMS AND DISTINCTIONS ; Myth Criticism and the Meanings of ""Myth""; The Archetype; Illustrations; Categories of Mythological Fiction; Mythological Allegorizations and Levels of Generality; Further Distinctions: the Number of Archetypes, Myths and Legends, ""Popular"" and ""Literary"" Myths.
- 3. APPROACHES TO THE MYTHOLOGICAL NOVEL A Priori Judgments; Diachronic Accounts of Mythology in Literature; Motivations for a Motif; Myth, the Collective Unconscious and the Idea of Reincarnation; Mythical Imitation; Mythology as a Structural Principle; 4. THE UNILINEAR PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT ; Establishing a Prefiguration; Motivating a Prefiguration through the Plot; Historical Symbolism: Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus; The Use of a Real Artist: Hermann Broch's Der Tod des Vergil; Myth plus Amateur Psychology: Alberto Moravia's Il disprezzo.
- The Technique of Juxtaposition: John Bowen's A World Elsewhere, Hans Erich Nossack's Interview mit dem Tode, Ann Quin's Passages5. DISTORTED MOTIF-STRUCTURES; Types of Patterning; Fragmentation: Hermann Broch's Die Schuldlosen; Simultaneous Condensation: Michel Butor's L'Emploi du Temps; Serial Condensation: Hans Erich Nossack's Nekyia; Combined Patterns: Macdonald Harris's Trepleff; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.