ENG 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mircea Eliade, Martha Graham, Oedipus Complex
9 Aug 2017
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From chaps 1 and 2, classical mythology, by morford, lenardon, sham, (and my notes) Myth and religion: myth concerned with gods, religion, supernatural, greek myths creation, origins of gods and humans, nature of gods and humans, underworld, afterlife, and spiritual concerns, meaning. Greek myths are complex, and as such require a combination of approaches to studying them. Myth and religions major figure here is mircea eliade emphasis on rituals, rites explanations to individuals and society. Myth and etiology use myths to explain facts okay for creation, origins stories. Rationalism that individuals who did great deeds were deified, made gods. Allegory/metaphor that myths contain other meanings eg. explain natural (but leaving out all complexity of myths) p. 2 chap 1 continued, mls. But overvalues similarities in the minds of individuals and collective rituals undervalues variations among individual human societies. Frazer the golden bough linking myth to ritual, religion also.
