Myth, History and Art

Abstract

Text of the present study is a contribution to solving the issue of the relationship of myth, history and art (poetry). In general, it presents an analysis of the linkages between myth, history and poetry, creating a theoretical basis for future empirical analysis of individual literary works. The purpose of the study is to create conditions for the interpretation of literary works on the basis of historical discourse in which it is assessed diachronic consideration of the phenomena. Because of this plan, it is necessary to rely primarily on the results of archetypal criticism, which interferes with the mythology, history and poetry. The width of the problem, however, forces us to take into account also the methods of Jungian psychoanalysis, structural analysis and literary hermeneutics. All these methodological procedures substantially affect the content, meaning and interpretation of constants contained in mythical, religious, historical, artistic and esoteric texts. The importance of reading poetry and literary works of art, commonly categorized into the canon of European literature suggests that their authors proceeded not only from the contemporary literary context, but their works are substantially touching elements of religious, mythical and cultural-historical life. Given these facts, we must emphasize the importance of research in the field of analysis and classification of archetypes, symbols, prototypes (antitypes), images and comparisons. Information acquired by analysis of individual literary works necessarily lead to finding the meaning of literary works. This will constitute the meaning of a literary work as much timeless phenomenon that happens through reading and interpretation of the poetic works regardless of place and time. Thus exposed research trajectory of a literary work is generally recommended for each literary critic, who deals with a unique interpretation of a particular literary text.