24 mai 2004
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Emmanuelle Terrones, « Récits mythiques — récits modernes. La mythologie antique dans le roman contemporain de langue allemande », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10670/1.0d9754...
After the Second World War as in the 80’s, the resurgence of Greek and Latin myths in about thirty novels of the German language led to new experiments with narration and writing. Considered as creation and also re-creation, the rediscovery of a myth gives rise to innovative ideas about an essential cultural foundation and about the contemporary world as well. But behind the interest in the myth, there is also a reflection on the chosen literary genre. How far can a contemporary novel go when transmitting a myth? Four novels (Der blaue Kammerherr by Wolf von Niebelschütz, Amanda by Irmtraud Morgner, Die Ästhetik des Widerstands by Peter Weiss and Medusa by Stefan Schütz) bring the experience forward to the resurgence of a genre, the epic, coordinating theme and form in a far more consequent and audacious way than in the other novels. From myth to epic, the singularity of a contemporary writing of mythology comes into view through this study.