《神话学理论》内容简介
名家名作名译:一部神话学入门的经典导读,刘宗迪教授精心翻译
本书对西方现代神话学的几个主要学派(比较神话学、精神分析神话学、神话仪式理论、结构主义神话学、意识形态理论)做了全面而深入的评述,包括各个学派的历史、理论、方法、洞见和缺陷。对每一学派,都着重介绍其中一到两个关键性人物的学说,并结合其特定的社会和历史语境,对其理论进行阐述和批评。书中结合具体的理论,对众多广为人知的西方神话和近东神话进行了分析、阐释,令人耳目一新。
本书对西方神话学历史和理论的介绍客观全面,论述深入浅出,有助于读者全面了解西方神话学的历史和现状,可以作为民俗学、神话学的教材,也可供对神话学感兴趣的一般读者阅读。
作者简介
著者:埃里克·萨珀(EricCsapo),曾为澳大利亚悉尼大学古典学教授,现为英国华威大学教授,长期从事古希腊神话、哲学和艺术史方面的研究。
译者:刘宗迪,北京语言大学文学院教授,曾任职于中国社会科学院民族文学研究所、山东大学儒学高等研究院,主要从事神话学、民俗学、古史学等领域的研究,著有《失落的天书:〈山海经〉与古代华夏世界观》《众神的山川:〈山海经〉与上古地理、历史及神话的重建》《〈山海经〉的世界》《古典的草根》《七夕:星象、神话与异域风俗》等著作,并有《古代艺术与仪式》《希腊神话的性质》《希腊神话和仪式中的结构和历史》等译作。
A brief introduction to the Theory of Mythology
Famous Works and Translations: A classic guide to the introduction of mythology, carefully translated by Professor Liu Zongdi
This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth review of the major schools of modern Western mythology (comparative mythology, psychoanalytic mythology, mythological ritual theory, structuralist mythology, and ideological theory), including the history, theories, methods, insights, and flaws of each school. For each school, emphasis is placed on the teachings of one or two key figures, and their theories are elaborated and criticized in the context of their particular society and history. The book combines specific theories to analyze and interpret many well-known Western myths and Near Eastern myths, which is refreshing.
This book is an objective and comprehensive introduction to the history and theory of Western mythology, which is helpful for readers to fully understand the history and current situation of Western mythology. It can be used as a textbook for folklore and mythology, and can also be read by general readers who are interested in mythology.
About the author
Author: EricCsapo, formerly Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney, Australia, and now professor at the University of Warwick, UK, has long been engaged in ancient Greek mythology, philosophy and art history.
Translator: Liu Zongdi is a professor at the School of Literature, Beijing Language and Culture University. He used to work at the Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Institute for Advanced Confucianism, Shandong University. He is mainly engaged in the research of mythology, folklore, ancient history and other fields. He is the author of the Lost Book of Heaven: The Book of Mountains and Seas and the World View of Ancient China, The Mountains and Rivers of the Gods: The Reconstruction of the Book of Mountains and Seas and Ancient Geography, History and Mythology, The World of the Book of Mountains and Seas, The Classical Root, the Seventh Night: Stars, Myths and Exotic Customs, etc. His works include Ancient Art and Ritual, The Nature of Greek Mythology, Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual.