A general overview of mythopoetics

Authors

  • Leyla Baghirova

Keywords:

mythopoetics, myth, mythology, poetics, mythologem

Abstract

Myth is a poetic embodiment of reality in the subconscious. Myths have emerged in
ancient times as the product of human attempts to name existence and the universe. After the
second half of the 20th century, many different tendencies began to appear in the literature on the
principles of approach to myths. This laid the foundation for the development of mythopoetics.
Mythopoetics forms a branch of poetics by studying the mythological structure and characters of the
literary text from a mythological point of view. Mythopoetics studies the forms and features of a
writer's interpretation of a mythological character into a non-mythological text.

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Published

2024-12-20

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