Abstract
Each ideology has its own system of symbolic representation, which contributes to establishing hegemonies in the minds of human beings in the struggle with other ideologies. Literary imagery is an important part of ideological mythmaking. It provides creators of ideologies with lists of authors, citations, and characters of famous works of verbal art, which become icons of certain political, religious, esthetical values, beliefs, and principles. However, the semiotic mechanism of converting literary imagery into ideological myths is not clear. To address this question this paper focuses on the case of Don Quixote, as Cervantes’s protagonist has become the front man of numerous ideologies that contradict each other.
Highlights
The interaction of literature and ideology is an extremely complex issue, which has many dimensions: the participation of a work of verbal art in politics, nation-building, and all kinds of social transformation; the reflection of a philosophical, religious, and political ideology of a certain author in his books; the difference between ideology and literature, and many others
When becoming ideological myths, the meanings encoded in the literary work are changed and transformed in comparison to the original texts, otherwise they cannot be converted into ideological icons
The Rhetoric of Ideological Mythmaking in Boris Ablynin’s Film. This is not the first time that Don Quixote has appeared in antifascist propaganda products,12 which can be explained by the fact that Cervantes’ character is inscribed into the spectrum of literary images that symbolize the fight against totalitarian regimes
Summary
The interaction of literature and ideology is an extremely complex issue, which has many dimensions: the participation of a work of verbal art in politics, nation-building, and all kinds of social transformation; the reflection of a philosophical, religious, and political ideology of a certain author in his books; the difference between ideology and literature, and many others. All types of quixotic mythology, including ideological, are products of what Anthony Close defines as “the romantic approach” in interpreting the novel Don Quixote It was suggested by German romantic writers and critics who refused to understand the book as a burlesque work mocking the insane Hidalgo, to make his adventures a philosophical parable that depicts the conflict between Ideal and Reality, Sacred Dream and Materialism. The last shot of the film shows a fire consuming flowers to the sound of a mourning bell This is not the first time that Don Quixote has appeared in antifascist propaganda products, which can be explained by the fact that Cervantes’ character is inscribed into the spectrum of literary images that symbolize the fight against totalitarian regimes.
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