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Author Saporiti, Sonia

Title Myth as Symbol : a Psychoanalytic Study in Contemporary German Literature
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (190 pages)
Contents Acknowledgements; introduction; part i -- the creative unconscious.myth and symbolic dimension; chapter one; chapter two; part ii -- water spirits; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; part iii -- medea; chapter six; chapter seven; chapter eight; conclusion; bibliography; index
Summary The mythological patrimony is an excellent example of the unconscious creative ability that brings reason both to the existence of myth as well as to its symbolic function. Reconsidering the connection between literature and psychoanalysis, this study starts from the Jungian archetypal theory up to the Freudian unconscious and its ability to produce symbols, and provides the tools for a reading of the phenomenon of the literary rework, in the modern age, of meaningful themes and mythological ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and index
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Subject German literature -- History and criticism
Mythology in literature.
Symbolism in literature.
German literature -- Psychological aspects
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
German literature
German literature -- Psychological aspects
Mythology in literature
Symbolism in literature
Literatur
Deutsch
Mythos
Symbol
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1322216223
9781322216225
9781443869423
1443869422