historical memory or collective memory, in studies on cultural history and history of ideas, is often neglected. it is sufficient, for example, look at the names and titles to learn of the common view of a nation. this is true about alexander’s image in our culture. in our culture and some others, alexander is a myth and sometimes a unique hero. shahnameh can demonstrate this historical memory ...

W ilfrid Sellars spoke of section 59 of his classic paper, "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind" (Sellars 1997, first published as Sellars 1956), as the denouement of the myth of Jones, the story about "bur Rylean ancestors" (1997, p. 90) that occupies the last part of that paper. Sellars's myth aims to show humans limited to a language with a vocabulary that speaks of "public properties of p...

This article offers a new comparison of the ancient Mesopotamian story Enuma Elish and biblical Garden Eden (Genesis 2:4–3:24) as case study that demonstrates how attention to myth theory comparative method might improve studies Southwest Asian literatures. illustrates connection between myth, meaning making, lived experiences produced perpetuated these myths by focusing on cultural value work ...

Myth is an empirical response to the lives of ancient ancestors. "Chang'e Runs Moon" records story people flying last month, but it cannot explain relationship between this and life experience In pre Qin literature, author first deduced that age Chang'e's birth development was in late Neolithic period, then used "totem theory" demonstrate Houyi Chang'e were originally belonging different totem ...

This article explores, from the standpoint of socio-political myth-criticism, processes revision and adaptation carried out in Gary Owen’s 2015 play Iphigenia Splott. The play, a dramatic monologue composed rhythms slam poetry, rewrites classical Greek myth order to denounce profound injustice sacrifices demanded by austerity policies Europe—and more specifically, Britain—in recession following...

The paper is aimed at discussing the relationship between play Pygmalion and myth from intertextuality point of view. Intertextuality means inter-relationship among different texts. Special attention will be paid to similarities differences myth. Both two texts are compared analyzed by focusing on three aspects: characters, plot context. From characters’ view, male female characters compared. I...