Classical or Old Norse myth? German and Danish approaches to the use of myth in the modern literature at the turn of the 19th century

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/068.2021.00008" target="_blank" >10.1556/068.2021.00008</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Classical or Old Norse myth? German and Danish approaches to the use of myth in the modern literature at the turn of the 19th century
Original language description
In the study, I provide a comparative overview of the aesthetical debate that took place at the turn of the 18th and 19th century in Germany and Denmark concerning the use of the Old Norse versus the classical mythology in literature. I discuss Johann Gottfried Herder's ideas on this topic, expressed in his work Vom neuern Gebrauch der Mythologie (1767) and especially in his dialogue Iduna oder der Apfel der Verjüngung (1796), with focus on the following question: Does the rejuvenating potential of the Norse myth as suggested by Herder in Iduna, allow any room for the classical inspirations in modern literature? Herder's view will provide a starting point of the comparison for the cultural situation in Denmark where the University of Copenhagen announced in 1800 a prize question on aesthetics "Would it benefit Northern polite literature if ancient Northern mythology were introduced and generally accepted by our poets in place of its Greek counterpart?". The entries in this contest represented the view of the younger generation, namely Adam Oehlenschläger, Jens Moller and Ludvig Stoud Platou. I summarize their views and examine Herder's influence on the debate.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60205 - Literary theory

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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