RELS 3714 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Alan Dundes, Fokker E.Ii
14 Sep 2016
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Failure of anthropologists to make advances in myth studies: literal reading of myth and myth in monocultural context a. i. Due to continuation of reaction against universal symbolism in myth a. ii. Boas and malinowski favored studying cultures independently and myth was nonsymbolic a. iii. Mythology is cultural reflector but doesn"t account for all data a. iv. Anthropologists tend to mistrust psychological terms-but advances in it help us better understand mythology a. v. Freud recognized he had little training in mythology but those who did had little interest in psychology: 2 ways psychoanalytic theory applied to myth b. i. Can a dream be analyzed without specific knowledge of dreamer: oral narratives c. i. Evidence from folklore suggests remarkable stability in oral narratives c. ii. Important to remember thought patterns change over time c. iii. Changes in myth (no matter how small: hardly ever do you know when and where a myth is made up d. i.
