10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMYTHIFICATION»
Discover the use of
demythification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
demythification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Demythification and Demystification of the Bible
Most people believe it is holy but full of MYTHS: folklore, fables, legends and mysteries obscure and incomprehensible passages. This is simply not true.
2
Myth and Ritual in the Plays of Samuel Beckett
"By examining the author/ character metaphor," Maughlin writes, "the
components of the 'prolonged creative effort' can be discerned at the height of
their strangeness and with all their illogical power." Myths and Demythification
Stephen Watt is ...
Katherine H. Burkman, 1987
3
Generic Histories of German Cinema: Genre and Its Deviations
In a German context, one could speak of a similar demythification of the Heimat
genre around the same time (late 1960s, early 1970s) in films such as Peter
Fleischmann's Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Hunting Scenes from Lower
Bavaria, ...
4
Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication
Because myths help people to understand the world, challenging an old myth is
to challenge a long-held belief. Furthermore, the belief is not the work of a single
mind, but a kind of collective representation. Demythification is to deprive many ...
5
The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe
Literature and Film: Demythification, Revolt, Repetition The general evolution of
the representation of the Dark Years in literature and film does not fit comfortably
into Rousso's four phases of the memory of the Vichy past, nor does it coincide ...
Richard Ned Lebow, Wulf Kansteiner, Claudio Fogu, 2006
6
The Armature of Conquest: Spanish Accounts of the Discovery ...
Chapter. Three. From. Failure. to. Demythification. A Collective Penchant for Myth
Cortess rigorous rationalism and his keen understanding of his contemporary
historical context were by no means the rule. In fact he was quite an exception in
...
Beatriz Pastor Bodmer, 1992
7
The Theatre of Antonio Buero Vallejo: Ideology, Politics and ...
5. History,. Myth. and. Demythification. Buero's Use of History and Myth: An
Introduction The truth about the past and the truth about the present are
indivisible. Without accepting the truth about what happened it is impossible to
address ...
8
Polygraphies: Francophone Women Writing Algeria
Maïssa Bey to the list of those who engage in literary “demythification” of the
nation, according to Bensmaïa's precisions: “Far from reinforcing any given myths
of origins, any given fiction of the eternal nation or of the intact community,
literature ...
9
The Commuter Nation: Perspectives on Puerto Rican Migration
This double process of demythification, with its differentiating feminist stamp, can
be diacronically inscribed in the pervasive movement of ideological
transformations that, according to Luz Maria Umpierre, is shared by Latina poets
in the ...
Carlos Antonio Torre, Hugo Rodríguez Vecchini, William Burgos, 1994
10
Difficult Heritage: Negotiating the Nazi Past in Nuremberg ...
In the council debate just mentioned, for example, Green councillor Sophie
Rieger argued that the notion of 'demythification' was misconceived because
there 'was no myth, no saga, just bitter reality'.32 In other words, the very notion of
...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEMYTHIFICATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
demythification is used in the context of the following news items.
Internet.org joint letter update: a response to Facebook's “myths and …
Unfortunately for Facebook, its "demythification" attempt falls short. The facts have not changed: Internet.org does not connect people to the full ... «Access, May 15»
The Meaningful Return Of Shareholder Access
(For a discussion of this influence, see The Demythification of the Board of Directors). The result is a system whereby directors seeking to ... «Law360, Nov 14»
Mappa Mundi: The Structure of Western Thought
With Kant, we have reached the height of the Enlightenment which, as Theodor Adorno observed, is much taken up with the demythification of ... «Brooklyn Rail, Sep 11»
Self-Sacrifice in Miyazaki's Spirited Away
In a creative industry that flits happily between the brutal demythification and saccharine sentimentalization of childhood, his ability to capture ... «Patheos, Aug 11»
Hunter Reynolds: Art as Survival in the Age of AIDS
... opinion in Illness As Metaphor when she argues, "the remedy to the negative morality of disease lies in its 'demythification,' that diseases (or ... «Huffington Post, Apr 11»
Professor Publishes "˜Folktales of the Amazon'
Unfortunately, the relationship of modernity with these places is one of objectification and demythification as we regard their animals, plants ... «Newswise, Dec 08»
