ENGB30 Lecture Notes - Merriam-Webster, Traditional Story, Franz Kafka
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Authoritative speech (homer) (untrue) story as opposed to. Myths are made up of plots (plots are extremely important to myths) Oed: a traditional story, typically involving supernatural beings or forces with embodies and provides an explanation, aetiology, or justification for something such as the early history of society, a religious belief or ritual, or a natural phenomenon. Merriam webster: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a popular or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon. Barry b. powell, classical myth: myth is a traditional story with collective importance (2), because *it+ explain*s+ a society to itself, promulgating its concerns and values (3) Impossibility of identifying the original and/or its author - myths belong to the people (our story) Layering effect: existence of alternative versions that parallel, complement, or contradict one another. Myth is a body of stories told by many different people (may overlap but never the same)
