ENGL 251A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Marcel Danesi, Mythologies Of The Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Collective Unconscious
14 Dec 2017
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Week 11: mythological and archetypal approaches and carter, a. Realized that we tell the same kind of mythical stories across the globe, people re universal in that we need to tell stories, we tell the same stories (similar conventions and patterns) Concerned with the motives that underlie human behaviour (225, handbook) A way of communicating that provides a kind of ethos. Read myths critically, don"t just take it at a surface level. Myths are stories by which we explain our beliefs and history. Myths usually confront larger issues such as the origin of humanity and the ways in humanity functions on a profound, universal level. Myths can also refer to stories about various deities. God is different thank mythological gods and goddesses. Myths provide continuity and stability to a culture. Myths offer us behavioral and moral codes. The right thing to do is to be good. There is and evil shadow in all of us.
