UDC 791.046.1.2
Tymofii Kokhan
Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv
ORCID 0000-0003-1134-9761
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-14-2018-2.44-51
Keywords: myth, “mythic plots”, timeless, convention, anthropomorphism, movie interpretation
Abstract
The article reflects the experience of «mythic plots» in movie interpretation. It demonstrated both the influence of theoretic traditions of the comprehension of the wide circle of problems connected with myth and modern scientific searches on aesthetic-artistic practice of artistic embodiment of mythological thought.
Special attention is paid to the ideas of “neomythologism”, in the development of the logic of which artists abandon the principle of personification — the humanization of the forces of nature and their consideration as sensual images. It has been shown that “neomythologism” concentrates on the phenomenon of “personalization” switching attention from fantasy and imagination to the “reality principle”.
The accent is made on the facts of “mythic plots” using in the world literature of the first half of the XXth century; the specific character of the approach to their interpretation in the logic of literary creation has been revealed. The interpretation of “mythic plots” by emotional and expressive means of animation has become a subject of discussion among historians, teachers and film critics, since, on the one hand, animation can be viewed as a way of popularizing myths and forming interest in archaic culture, and on the other, it is simplification, erosion and delegendarization of historical material.
The importance of the estimation “for” or “against” of those creative experiments which world movie worked enough during the century has been stated.
Author’s biography
Tymofii Kokhan, Ph.D. in Art history, Institute for cultural research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv
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Published: November 22, 2018
Section: THEORY AND HISTORY OF CULTURE