Abstract
In this essay we will take Roland Barthes’ definition of Myth as the starting point for the analysis of several classical and contemporary versions of the myth of Pygmalion. According to Barthes, myth is not eternal, it is transient and human history can subvert and deconstruct it. This is what happens with the contemporary versions of this myth. Opposed to the classical versions that insist on the gender construction, contemporary examples subvert the pygmalonian character, erasing him from the scene or the screen so that the oppressed characters become owners of their lives, articulated and empowered.
Highlights
In this essay we will take Roland Barthes’ definition of Myth as the starting point for the analysis of several classical and contemporary versions of the myth of Pygmalion
De acuerdo con la definición que ofrece Roland Barthes en Mythologies: Myth is a type of speech, everything can be a myth provided it is conveyed by a discourse
Myth is not defined by the object of its message, but by the way it utters this message
Summary
In this essay we will take Roland Barthes’ definition of Myth as the starting point for the analysis of several classical and contemporary versions of the myth of Pygmalion.
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