Myth and Language / Albert Cook.
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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Cook, Albert, 1925-1998. Myth and Language Albert Cook. Indiana University Press 1980 Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1980. ©1980. 1 online resource (1 online resource ix, 332 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Description based on print version record. 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. 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 interrelated. Moreover, this relationship is shown to be crucial to an understanding of the broader roles of literature in society. Unlike previous studies of this symbiosis, which have tended to neglect the importance of language, Myth and Language fully considers the influence of social context on the nature of literary language. Albert Cook begins his investigation into the relationship of myth and language with a critique of the work of Levi-Strauss, showing the usefulness of his binary procedures and sketching a typology of cultural phases, with particular attention to literary forms. Another section traces the redefinition of the relationship of myth and language from the oral Greek culture of Homer to the development of the discrete forms of lyric poetry, philosophy, and historiography. A final section examines the necessary reliance of elementary literary forms—proverb, riddle, parable, metaphor—on the translation of mythic concerns into language. Myth and Language is a cogent argument for the dependence of literary expression on mythic formulations. English Sprache gnd Mythos gnd Mythologie gnd Myth. fast (OCoLC)fst01031678 Language and languages. fast (OCoLC)fst00992154 Greek literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00947441 Folk literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00928888 Litterature populaire Histoire et critique. Litterature grecque Histoire et critique. Langage et langues. Mythe. Folk literature History and criticism. Greek literature History and criticism. Language and languages. Myth. Griechenland Altertum gnd Levi-Strauss, Claude. fast (OCoLC)fst00030701 Levi-Strauss, Claude. Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635 Myths & fairy tales |
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Cook, Albert, 1925-1998. Myth and Language The social context: Levi-Strauss, myth, and the neolithic revolution -- The large phases of myth -- 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 -- 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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The social context: Levi-Strauss, myth, and the neolithic revolution -- The large phases of myth -- 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 -- 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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The social context: Levi-Strauss, myth, and the neolithic revolution -- The large phases of myth -- 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 -- 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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