
The Time of Cruel Miracles
Mythopoesis in Dostoevsky and Agnon
Roman Katsman(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 16. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-3-631-37767-3 (ISBN)
Description
On the basis of Dostoevsky and Agnon, this book analyzes the problem of literary mythopoesis. Guided by a personalistic-dialogical conception of myth, the author elaborates a theory of literary mythopoesis and develops a method of studying mythopoetic processes on different levels of meaning in a work of literature. As a result, mythopoesis is revealed as one of the fundamental mechanisms of producing a complex of structures, while mythopoetic criticism functions as a dialogue between different cultures thus documenting the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in literature.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Frankfurt a.M.
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-37767-3 (9783631377673)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Roman Katsman was born in 1969 in Ukraine. He is living in Israel since 1990. Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University (Israel). Disciplines: Comparative literature and Hebrew literature. He is a lecturer of the Jewish People Literature Dpt. at Bar-Ilan University.
Content
Contents: Myth and Dialogue - Mythopoesis as Revelation - Mythopoesis as Ethics and Aesthetics - Mythopoesis as Narrative Intercultural Ethics - Mythopoesis as Journey - Mythopoesis as Scandal.