Theories of Mythology

Name: Theories of Mythology
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ISBN: 9780631232483

ISBN-10: 0631232486

ISBN-13: 9780631232483

Edition: 2005

Authors: Eric Csapo

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Eric Csapo introduces the major theories of myth from the 19th century to the present day. He covers comparative approaches, psychoanalysis, ritual theories, structuralism and ideological analysis. He also supplies readers with the theoretical tools for imitating each method.

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.08" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Eric Csapo is Professor of Classics at The University of Sydney.



List of Figures


Preface



Introducing "Myth"



Comparative Approaches


The Rise of the Comparative Method


Max Mï¿½ller and Solar Mythology


James Frazer


The World According to Frazer: Problems and Presuppositions


The Urmyth: A Study in and of Comparison


Comparison of the Greek and Hittite Myths of the Divine Succession



Psychology


Freud and the Discovery of the Unconscious


Psychoanalysis to Myth Analysis


Freud and Anthropology


Freud in his Social and Theoretical Context



Ritual Theories


Social Anthropology


Jane Harrison and Ritualism


Walter Burkert and Biosociology


Burkert's Homo Necans



Structuralism


Saussure and Structural Linguistics


Syntagmatic Structuralism


A Critique of Syntagmatic Structuralism


Paradigmatic Structuralism


Mediation


Total Structure


Totalizing Structure



Social Ideologies


Structure and Ideology


Poststructualisms, Postmodernism, and Ideology


Decrypting Ideology


An Ideological Analysis of the Myth of Heracles


Epilogue


A Little Further Reading


Bibliography


Index