[pt] É bastante comentada a querela entre mythos e lógos nos escritos de Platão, sendo o filósofo responsável tanto pelo afastamento quanto pela aproximação dessas duas instâncias na filosofia. A dissertação se propôs a analisar a contação de mitos (ou mitologação) na obra A República de Platão, na qual as personagens do diálogo narram mitos, tecem julgamentos sobre eles, oferecem uma definição de mythos, prescrevem aqueles que são úteis à cidade e descortinam o belíssimo espetáculo do Hades na coroação do diálogo com a contação do mito de Er. Tudo isso enquanto o processo de construção da própria cidade-ideal é chamado por Sócrates, explicitamente, de uma mitologação em lógos em 376d e 501e. Nesse sentido, objetivou-se examinar ocorrências relevantes da palavra mythos em diferentes momentos da obra, comentadas pelas variadas personagens e nos seus diversos contextos, a fim de mostrar seus diferentes sentidos, estruturas e objetivos em cada enquadramento, além de ressaltar a centralidade deste tema no diálogo. Diante desse rico debate construído no decurso da República, propôs-se explorar o possível aspecto mítico da Kallípolis, observando de que maneira ela é uma mitologação em lógos e de que forma é possível entender o emprego de mythos nesse contexto, considerando todo o cenário retratado na obra e os assuntos discutidos por suas personagens. / [en] The quarrel between mythos and logos in Plato s writings is widely commented, and the philosopher is responsible for both the estrangement and the approximation of these two instances in philosophy. The dissertation set out to analyze the telling of myths (or mythologization) in Plato s Republic, in which the characters of the dialogue narrate myths, make judgments about them, offer a definition of mythos, prescribe those that are useful to the city and unveil the beautiful spectacle of Hades in the crowning of the dialogue with the telling of the myth of Er. All this while the process of building the ideal-city itself is explicitly called by Socrates a mythologization in logos in 376d and 501e. In this sense, we aimed to examine relevant occurrences of the word mythos at different times in the work, commented by the diverse characters and in their various contexts, in order to show their different meanings, structures and objectives in each framework, in addition to highlighting the centrality of this theme in the dialogue. In view of this rich debate constructed in the course of The Republic, it was proposed to explore the possible mythical aspect of Kallípolis, observing how it is a mythologization in logos and how it is possible to understand the use of mythos in this context, considering the whole scenario portrayed in the work and the subjects discussed by its characters.

This document explores the relationships between science fiction and mythology, utilizing the theories of Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung in particular. Conclusions are then drawn that argue that science fiction performs the same functions as mythology in the modern world. The author provides examples of these functions being performed in science fiction by analyzing two novels: The Forest of Hands and Teeth, and Stranger in a Strange Land. Finally, the document explores the narratives' uses of time in historical and ahistorical modes as a vehicle for its functions, and argues that the various uses of time are key to science fiction acting as modern mythology. / Master of Arts

The superhuman is a notion of mankind's relationship between himself and his tools. This bound condition of dependence with ingenuity both liberates his body from mortal perils and binds him to indefinite dependence with the complex, the external, and inhuman. Architecture as an extension of mankind's agency which asserts and protects his will against unknown forces contends with this implicit contract; a contract and paradox most poetically considered in our earliest Western myths. / Master of Architecture / The superhuman is a notion of mankind's relationship between himself and his tools. This bound condition of dependence with ingenuity both liberates his body from mortal perils and binds him to indefinite dependence with the complex, the external, and inhuman. Architecture as an extension of mankind's agency which asserts and protects his will against unknown forces contends with this implicit contract; a contract and paradox most poetically considered in our earliest Western myths.

This work is concentrated on the understanding of the mythical dimension of Gabriel Garcia Marquez works. This dimension is conditioned by authors eagerness to base his writings on folklore consciousness and folklore mythology, namely on a myth, which is created and lives in oral tradition and family beliefs. Marquez looks at myth through carnival culture, which by itself is passing link between primitive mythology and fiction (75, 60). To his novel “One Hundred Years of Loneliness” he adjusted the primitive mythology, he knew from his childhood: folklore, people beliefs, superstitions, witchcraft – all this set, which was still alive in Caribbean coast peoples’ consciousness. The “magical realism” literature was based on that. In this work the attention is directed to Creole, Indian, Afro-American mythology, which is reflected in Garcia Marquez writings. Reflections of Afro-Catholic religions (voodoo, Santeria) are also reflected (especially in his book “About Love and Other Demons”). The motives of time (dominating illud tempus) and pre-Christian space is also important. The world is only being created. So it is tried to look for the repeating of eschatological and cosmological myths. The repeating of birth myth in Garcia Marquez works is mostly expressed through specific relationship with death. It is specific feature in his works, determined by Latin America traditions and individual relation with surrounding world. Important role in Garcia Marquez writings plays such... [to full text]

This work is concentrated on the understanding of the mythical dimension of Gabriel Garcia Marquez works. This dimension is conditioned by authors eagerness to base his writings on folklore consciousness and folklore mythology, namely on a myth, which is created and lives in oral tradition and family beliefs. Marquez looks at myth through carnival culture, which by itself is passing link between primitive mythology and fiction (75, 60). To his novel “One Hundred Years of Loneliness” he adjusted the primitive mythology, he knew from his childhood: folklore, people beliefs, superstitions, witchcraft – all this set, which was still alive in Caribbean coast peoples’ consciousness. The “magical realism” literature was based on that. In this work the attention is directed to Creole, Indian, Afro-American mythology, which is reflected in Garcia Marquez writings. Reflections of Afro-Catholic religions (voodoo, Santeria) are also reflected (especially in his book “About Love and Other Demons”). The motives of time (dominating illud tempus) and pre-Christian space is also important. The world is only being created. So it is tried to look for the repeating of eschatological and cosmological myths. The repeating of birth myth in Garcia Marquez works is mostly expressed through specific relationship with death. It is specific feature in his works, determined by Latin America traditions and individual relation with surrounding world. Important role in Garcia Marquez writings plays such... [to full text]

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Heidelberg, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-417) and index.

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / On title page: M.Phil in Ancient Cultures. Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Habilitation - Universität, Zürich, 2004/05. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-412) and indexes.

Thesis (Ph.D. (English)) - Rhodes University, 2009.

Myth and Argument in Plato's Phaedrus, Republic, and Phaedo investigates the role played by eschatological myth in the arguments of Plato's Phaedrus, Republic and Phaedo. It argues that a reconsideration of the agenda followed by Socrates in each of these dialogues brings into view the contribution made by the mythological narrative to their argumentative line. Each of the three chapters of my thesis analyses the nature of this contribution. The first chapter argues that the myth occupying the central pages of the Phaedrus contributes to developing one of the themes addressed in the dialogue, namely a link between the divine realm and the activities thought by Phaedrus to be unrelated to the religious sphere. By showing that Eros fosters imitation of the gods, the palinode makes an important contribution to this topic. The second chapter proposes that the myth of Er and passage 608c2-621d3 in which it is included are an essential part of the line of argument of the Republic. I analyse the aims Socrates sets in Book 2 for his investigation into justice, and show that they include the description of the positive consequences of justice along with the benefits it causes in and by itself. By listing the rewards just people will receive from other people and the gods, passage 608c2-621d3 gives a description of the positive consequences of justice. The third chapter argues that the argumentative line followed in the Phaedo finds its culmination in the eschatological myth. Socrates expresses a hope for post-mortem justice in his defence of the philosophical life. To render it plausible to his interlocutors he needs to show that the soul is both immortal and intrinsically intelligent. After vindicating these notions, Socrates presents in the concluding myth the image of an afterlife governed by ethical principles.