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contemporary approaches to classical and world myths
By Eva M. Thury
"Introduction to mythology" was published by Oxford University Press, USA in 2013 - enk, it has 757 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Introduction to mythology” Metadata:
- Title: Introduction to mythology
- Author: Eva M. Thury
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 757
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publish Date: 2013
- Publish Location: enk
“Introduction to mythology” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Mythologie - Mythology - Mythos - Folklore & mythology - Contemporary (1945-) - Cs.art_hst.conte_art
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: ➤ xxviii, 757 pages, [28] pages :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL26451790M - OL17870026W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 801675521
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2013454703
- ISBN-13: 9780199859238 - 9780199862771
- ISBN-10: 019985923X - 019986277X
- All ISBNs: 019985923X - 019986277X - 9780199859238 - 9780199862771
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"Introduction to mythology" Table Of Contents:
- 1- pt. 1. Introduction to studying myth. What is myth?
- 2- Ways of understanding myth
- 3- pt. 2. Myths of creation and destruction
- 4- pt. 2A. Creation. Greece : Hesiod
- 5- Rome : Ovid
- 6- The Bible : Genesis (creation)
- 7- Mesopotamia : Enuma Elish
- 8- Icelandic/Norse : Prose Edda (creation)
- 9- North America : Zuni, Hopi, Navajo
- 10- Africa : Uganda and Nigeria
- 11- China : Nü kwa
- 12- Mesoamerica : Popol Vuh
- 13- pt. 2B. Destruction. Rome : Ovid (flood)
- 14- The Bible : Genesis (flood)
- 15- Icelandic/Norse : Prose Edda (Ragnarok)
- 16- pt. 3. Heroes and tricksters. Theory : Joseph Campbell, The hero with a thousand faces / Dave Whomsley
- 17- Mesopotamia : The epic of Gilgamesh
- 18- Applying theory : a Lévi-Straussian analysis of the Epic of Gilgamesh / G.S. Kirk
- 19- India : the Ramayana
- 20- Icelandic/Norse : Prose Edda (heroes)
- 21- Africa : the Mwindo epic
- 22- Greece : Oedipus the king / Sophocles
- 23- Theory : the structural study of myth / Claude Lévi-Strauss
- 24- North America : Raven
- 25- African and African-American trickster stories
- 26- Greece : Prometheus
- 27- Applying theory : different versions of myths
- 28- pt. 4. Ritual and myth. Theory : The forest of symbols / Victor Turner
- 29- Greece : Demeter and Persephone
- 30- Egypt : Isis and Osiris
- 31- Applying theory : meals in the Bible / Mary Douglas
- 32- Icelandic/Norse : the rituals of Iceland / H.R.E. Davidson
- 33- Greece : Heracles and Dionysus
- 34- pt. 5. Dreams and myth. Theory : Man and his symbols / C.G. Jung
- 35- Applying theory : how to perform a Jungian analysis
- 36- pt. 6. Folktale and myth. Theory : The morphology of the folktale / Vladimir Propp
- 37- Applying theory : a Proppian analysis of The wizard of Oz
- 38- Germany : Grimm's Household tales
- 39- Rome : "Cupid and Psyche" / Apuleius
- 40- Applying theory : highlighting different aspects of the same tale using multiple analyses
- 41- pt. 7. Contemporary myth. Daniel Boone : building the myth around the man
- 42- Stagecoach and Firefly : the journey into the unknown in westerns and science fiction
- 43- Harry Potter : a Rankian analysis of the hero of Hogwarts
- 44- The vampire as hero : tales of the undead in a contemporary context / Eva M. Thury
- 45- pt. 8. Literature and myth. Poetry and myth
- 46- "Yellow woman" : Native-American oral myth in a contemporary context / Leslie Marmon Silko
- 47- Narrative and myth.
"Introduction to mythology" Description:
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Intergrating original texts with explanations, interpretations, and theory. Introduces students to a wide range of myths drawn from sources all around the world and approached from various critical perspectives.
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