No 15 (3/2015)

    Thematic Issue: Mythologies of the Popular Culture

     

    Edited by:

    Izabela Trzcińska, Katarzyna Bajka

     

    Language:

    English

     

    Contents:

    Table of contents

    Izabela Trzcińska, Katarzyna Bajka, Preface: Mythologies of Popular Culture

    Katarzyna Bajka, Modern Narratives as Myth – Some Remarks on Walter J. Ong's Secondary Orality Thesis

    Renata Iwicka, Japanese Myths in Modern Nationalism

    Wojciech Kosior, Undead Knights, Fallen Giants and The Poisoned Fruit of Life. A Digital Retelling of the Judeo-Christian Creation Motifs

    Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik, Vengeful Witches/ Angry Whores: Representations of Revenge in Popular Culture

    Anna Łagan, Sources and Proof of a King's Magic Power in the Fantasy Genre

    Joanna Katarzyna Puchalska, Vikings Television Series: When History and Myth Intermingle

    Magdalena Seweryn, Modern Mythology in the Life Project of Ajahn Chalermchai Kositpipat – Wat Rong Khun and the New Visual Language of Buddhist Teachings in Thai Temples

    Agata Świerzowska, G.D. Birla – Bhagirath for the New India

    Izabela Trzcińska, The Boundaries of Mythology. An Introduction to the Research

    Łukasz Trzciński, Body and Time in the New Perfection Myth

    Monika Tuszewicka, The Land of Childhood. Nostalgia and Myth of Poland's Recent Past

    Contributors