Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural Identity

In this paper we aim at emphasizing the organic connection between two essential components of Latin American cultural ethos: myth and literature. We attempt to define myth and to contextualize it within the culture of the subcontinent and, correlatively, we map a series of antinomies which delineat...

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Main Author:	Alina ŢIŢEI
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Vasile Goldis Western University, Arad 2013-01-01
Series:	Studii de Stiinta si Cultura
Subjects:	myth literature identity hero dictator
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spelling	doaj-965424e5080444a2ac4abe28e0c9e7682020-11-24T21:35:40ZdeuVasile Goldis Western University, AradStudii de Stiinta si Cultura1841-14012067-51352013-01-01IX2 (33)7787Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural IdentityAlina ŢIŢEIIn this paper we aim at emphasizing the organic connection between two essential components of Latin American cultural ethos: myth and literature. We attempt to define myth and to contextualize it within the culture of the subcontinent and, correlatively, we map a series of antinomies which delineate its spirituality, antinomies subsumed to the antithetical binomials civilization ≠ barbarity and Europe ≠ America. We also analyze the bonds that link myth, literature, identity and history, and we focus on the relationship between the image of the hero and the myth of the savior, the providential man, on the one hand, and the Latin American dictatorial figure, historic and fictional, on the other, associating both with the identitary specificity of Latin Americahttp://www.revista-studii-uvvg.ro/images/stories/33/7.%20Articol%20Alina%20Titei%2012.%2004%20%2801.02.%29%202013-RezumatFrancezCorectatGBardy%20fr%20SA%20en.pdfmythliteratureidentityherodictator
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title	Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural Identity
title_short	Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural Identity
title_full	Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural Identity
title_fullStr	Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural Identity
title_full_unstemmed	Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural Identity
title_sort	myth and literature: landmarks of latin-american cultural identity
publisher	Vasile Goldis Western University, Arad
series	Studii de Stiinta si Cultura
issn	1841-1401 2067-5135
publishDate	2013-01-01
description	In this paper we aim at emphasizing the organic connection between two essential components of Latin American cultural ethos: myth and literature. We attempt to define myth and to contextualize it within the culture of the subcontinent and, correlatively, we map a series of antinomies which delineate its spirituality, antinomies subsumed to the antithetical binomials civilization ≠ barbarity and Europe ≠ America. We also analyze the bonds that link myth, literature, identity and history, and we focus on the relationship between the image of the hero and the myth of the savior, the providential man, on the one hand, and the Latin American dictatorial figure, historic and fictional, on the other, associating both with the identitary specificity of Latin America
topic	myth literature identity hero dictator
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Myth and Literature: Landmarks of Latin-American Cultural Identity

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