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11	Myths on the Move: A Critical Pluralist Approach to the Study of Classical Mythology in Post-Classical Works Delbar, David Carter 01 June 2019 (has links) The Classical Tradition, now more commonly known as Classical Reception, is a growing sub-discipline in Classics which seeks to trace the influence of Greco-Roman culture in post-classical works. While scholars have already done much to analyze specific texts, and many of these analyses are theoretically complex, there has yet to be a review of the theories these scholars employ. The purpose of this study is to provide researchers with a theoretical tool kit which allows them greater scope and nuance when analyzing usages of classical mythology. It examines five different approaches scholars have used: adaptation, allusion, intertextuality, reception, and typology. Each theory is followed by an example from Spanish literature or film: Apollo and Daphne in Calderón's El laurel de Apolo, Orpheus in Unamuno's Niebla, Dionysus in Unamuno's San Manuel Bueno, mártir, Persephone in del Torro's El laberinto del fauno, and the werewolf in Naschy's Waldemar Daninsky films. This thesis argues that a critical pluralist approach best captures the nuance and variety of usages of classical mythology. This allows for both objective and subjective readings of texts as well as explicit and implicit connections to classical mythology. classical tradition reception adaptation allusion intertextuality typology Pedro Calderón de la Barca Miguel de Unamuno Guillermo del Toro Paul Naschy Friedrich Nietzsche Euripides Publius Ovidius Naso El laurel de Apolo Niebla San Manuel Bueno mártir Bacchae Apollo Cupid Dionysus Orpheus Persephone werewolf Arts and Humanities Comparative Literature

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Myths on the Move: A Critical Pluralist Approach to the Study of Classical Mythology in Post-Classical Works