Myth as symbol : a psychoanalytic study in contemporary German literature / by Sonia Saporiti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saporiti, Sonia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--History and criticism.

German literature.

Mythology in literature.

Symbolism in literature.

German literature--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mythological patrimony is an excellent example of the unconscious creative ability that brings reason both to the existence of myth as well as to its symbolic function. Reconsidering the connection between literature and psychoanalysis, this study starts from the Jungian archetypal theory up to the Freudian unconscious and its ability to produce symbols, and provides the tools for a reading of the phenomenon of the literary rework, in the modern age, of meaningful themes and mythological ...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I - THE CREATIVE UNCONSCIOUS.MYTH AND SYMBOLIC DIMENSION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II - WATER SPIRITS; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART III - MEDEA; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebary, viewed October 27, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6942-2

OCLC:

893739629