51,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen
  • Broschiertes Buch

In "Structuralist Poetics" (1975), Culler postulates that '...the institution of mythology leads an uncertain existence and few could be said to have assimilated its system' (p.50). In this book, Dr. Wainaina seeks to address this 'uncertain existence' with particular regard to G k y mythology. He challenges both the exclusiveness of the typological definitions of myth previously used, and the atomistic approaches to its analyses and interpretations. Consequently, he adopts the seminal Okpewhorean aestheticist position that myth is the basic imaginative resource from which the larger cultural…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
In "Structuralist Poetics" (1975), Culler
postulates that '...the institution of mythology
leads an uncertain existence and few could be said to
have assimilated its system' (p.50). In this book,
Dr. Wainaina seeks to address this 'uncertain
existence' with particular regard to
G k y mythology. He challenges both the
exclusiveness of the typological
definitions of myth previously used, and the
atomistic approaches to its analyses and interpretations.
Consequently, he adopts the seminal Okpewhorean
aestheticist position that myth is the basic imaginative
resource from which the larger cultural values derive
and that any narrative
of the oral
tradition is a myth (Okpewho,1983). Additionally, he
adopts an approach that essentialises structural unity of
G k y mythology and appropriates cultural
signification to
mythological structures, defined as
Worlds. Dr. Wainaina
proposes that G k y modes of cultural thought and
practice can
be derived from analysis of
transformational relationships of the
Worlds of the culture's mythology . Come on a brilliantly
guided voyage
of mythological discovery at the end of
which you will certainly appreciate and easily
assimilate its system.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Michael Wainaina is a Senior Lecturer in the
department of Literature, Kenyatta University. He debuted into
the scholarly world in 2002, when he became the first 8-4-4
candidate in Kenya to attain a PhD. He has since been the Chairman
of the department and is currently Associate Dean of
the Graduate School at Kenyatta University.