Thomas Berger-V. D. Heide; Peter Brokemper; Angela Drescher; Jürgen Ehlers; Peter Fischer; Martina Flath; Elisabet Köster Cornelsen Verlag GmbH (2009) Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Thomas Berger-V. D. Heide; Petra Bowien; Peter Brokemper; Angela Drescher; Jürgen Ehlers; Peter Fischer; Martina Flath Cornelsen Verlag GmbH (2009) Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Michael Berger; Thomas Berger-V. D. Heide; Jürgen Ehlers; Christian-Magnus Ernst; Peter Fischer; Martina Flath Cornelsen Verlag GmbH (2011) Kovakantinen kirja
De Gruyter Sivumäärä: 494 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Julkaisuvuosi: 2005, 29.03.2005 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Saksa
The concept of corrected myths is not (yet) established in literary studies. This volume introduces this concept and demonstrates its power using exemplary interpretations. It is the case that in numerous literary works, knowledge of a conventional mythical connection is assumed, but then, at a particular point, the traditional narrative is negated - Candaule's wife was not beautiful, the Sirens did not sing, Oedipus was not surprised by the news (Brecht) etc. The corrections always occur at a significant point, so that the intervention casts a new light on well-known narratives, but in principle does not affect the core of the myth. The present volume examines the forms and functions of such corrected myths. For this, relevant works of European literature are studied and their interpretation related with considerations of Antique myths, Christian corrections of myths, new mythology and the correction of myths from existentialism to post-modernism. The spectrum of texts examined is kept as wide as possible in order not to truncate the concept of correction to an illegitimate degree. The texts include those from authors such as Heiner Muller, Thomas Brasch, Christa Wolf und Volker Braun and by Shakespeare, Goethe and Kleist.
