Tag Archives: modern/contemporary literature

Myth Reading Group 2 December: Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

Posted on 29 November 2020 by ὑποκείμενον

The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 2 December, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join can be found in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Continuing our topic of ‘Food’, the primary text is … Continue reading →

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Myth and Childhood in Philip Pullman

Posted on 10 February 2020 by ὑποκείμενον

Roundtable Discussion Myth and Childhood in Philip Pullman Myth Reading Group Wednesday 12 February 2020 1.15 – 2.45 pm Room NTC.2.07 In this roundtable session we will discuss the use of myth in Philip Pullman’s acclaimed trilogy His Dark Materials … Continue reading →

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Intertextual references and myths in The Handmaid’s Tale

Posted on 26 January 2020 by ὑποκείμενον

Carla Scarano D’Antonio (University of Reading) Intertextual references and myths in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Myth Reading Group Wednesday 29 January 2020 1.15 – 2.45 pm Room NTC.2.07 The session will analyse the myths and fairy tales present … Continue reading →

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The People of the Sea

Posted on 15 February 2019 by ὑποκείμενον

Dr Hannah Boast (University of Birmingham)The People of the Sea: Selkies in Scottish and Irish Folk Tales Myth Reading GroupWednesday 20 February 20195.00 – 6.30 pmRoom NTC.2.05 The selkie has enjoyed a revival of interest in popular culture following the … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Re-mythologizing Myths and Fairy Tales in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing

Posted on 28 January 2019 by ὑποκείμενον

Re-mythologizing Myths and Fairy Tales in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing Carla Scarano D’Antonio ‘This above all, to refuse to be a victim’ Surfacing A quest of personal and national identity is at the core of Margaret Atwood’s novel Surfacing, published in … Continue reading →

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Re-mythologizing Myths and Fairy tales in Atwood’s Surfacing

Posted on 16 January 2019 by ὑποκείμενον

Carla Scarano D’Antonio (University of Reading) Re-mythologizing Myths and Fairy tales: Surfacing (1972) by Margaret Atwood Myth Reading Group Wednesday 23 January 2019 5.00 – 6.30 pm Room NTC.2.05 This session on Surfacing (1972) will explore how Margaret Atwood uses … Continue reading →

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The Spectral Hound in Literature

Posted on 10 December 2018 by essexmyth

Helena Senior (University of York) Who’s afraid of the big black dog? The origins of the spectral hound and its appropriation in literature. Myth Reading Group Wednesday 12 December 2018 5.00 – 6.30 pm Room NTC.2.05 The black dog is … Continue reading →

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The Man of the Wood

Posted on 6 November 2018 by ὑποκείμενον

In May, the Centre for Myth Studies celebrated its tenth anniversary with a day of lectures, readings, and discussions (details here). The event included Dr Saul Andreetti reading from his short story, The Man of the Wood. Saul is an … Continue reading →

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Thursday 10 March: Narrating Persephone’s ‘Afterlife’

Posted on 7 March 2016 by essexmyth

In this session, Brittany Kuhn introduces a discussion of the reception of the figure of Persephone in contemporary poetry. The myth of Demeter and Persephone has been widely studied and ‘translated’ across cultures and periods. Yet, we learn very little … Continue reading →

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Thursday 25 February: The Sibyl’s Afterlives

Posted on 23 February 2016 by essexmyth

This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of adaptations of the myth of the Sibyl in literature. In the session, we will discuss the ‘afterlife’ of the myth of the Cumaean Sibyl, the prophetess, who appears in both Virgil’s Aeneid … Continue reading →

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