Detailed Information on Publication Record
2019
Classical Myth and Greek Surrealism
VOTAVOVÁ SUMELIDISOVÁ, NicoleBasic information
Original name
Classical Myth and Greek Surrealism
Name in Czech
Antický mýtus v řeckém surrealismu
Authors
VOTAVOVÁ SUMELIDISOVÁ, Nicole (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Mediterranean Studies Association 22nd Annual International Congress, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece, May 29 - June 1, 2019, 2019
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
60202 Specific languages
Country of publisher
Greece
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110615
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech)
antický mýtus; řecký surrealismus, minotauros
Keywords in English
classical myth; greek surrealism; minotauros
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 16/1/2020 09:04, Mgr. Nicole Votavová Sumelidisová, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
The reception of ancient mythology has been present in European culture for more than two thousand years and has always brought new reinterpretations and approaches. The authors in every period used the myth as a pre-text requiring an active reader with the ability to identify its symbolic mechanism, using the archetypal nature of mythical characters. The writers lead the dialogue with older concepts, and, at the same time, they situate the myths in the contemporary context. Despite the new concepts of ancient myths in different cultural periods, the approach of the avant-garde at the beginning of the 20th century was completely groundbreaking. The artistic avant-garde used the emerging scientific disciplines such as anthropology, religion, and, above all, Freud's psychoanalysis to add new content to the archetypal figures of Greek mythology. The Greek surrealists have approached the ancient myths in a similar manner. The connection betweenthe themes of the ancient myth and the principles of Freud's psychoanalysis occurs mainly in the works of N. Calase (the new story of the House Atreides) and A. Embirikos (Oedipus, Neoptolemos, etc.). N. Engonopoulos uses the theme of ancient myth especially on the autoreferential plane (Théseus and Orpheus revolting against the existing ethical and aesthetic rules). At the same time, these authors perceived Greek mythology as part of not just a European, but, above all, national tradition, with which they held a constant dialogue.The aim of the paper is to characterize the specific reflection of the ancient myth in Greek surrealism, to discuss the way in which the authors put it into the context of the national and European cultural tradition and to examine the new avant-garde approaches.
Links
MUNI/A/1269/2018, interní kód MU |
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