Classical Myth and Greek Surrealism

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Classical Myth and Greek Surrealism

VOTAVOVÁ SUMELIDISOVÁ, Nicole

Basic 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

References:

URL

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

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

Name: Výzkum starověkých jazyků mediteránního prostoru, jejich písemnictví a příslušných kultur, včetně jejich recepce – 2019 (Acronym: Staré jazyky a kultury)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

VOTAVOVÁ SUMELIDISOVÁ, Nicole. Classical Myth and Greek Surrealism. In Mediterranean Studies Association 22nd Annual International Congress, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece, May 29 - June 1, 2019. 2019.

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VOTAVOVÁ SUMELIDISOVÁ, Nicole. Classical Myth and Greek Surrealism. In \textit{Mediterranean Studies Association 22nd Annual International Congress, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece, May 29 - June 1, 2019}. 2019.

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