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LE0839 Myths in Literature

UNIT I Mythological Approach to Literature – A Background Study

A. Trailblazers in Mythological and Archetypal Approach to Literature

1. Carl G. Jung – Psychoanalyst concerned with archetypes and collective unconscious
2. Northrop Frye – Archetypal Literary Critic
3. Claude Levi Strauss – Structural Anthropologist
4. Joseph Campbell – Comparative Mythologist

B. Aspects of Myth and Contemporary Mind / Literature

1. Myths Revisited
2. Myths and / in Everyday Life
3. Myths and Science Fiction / Fantasy
4. Myths, Metaphors and science

UNIT II Novels on Greek Mythology

1. Angelini, Josephine. Starcrossed. Harper Collins, 2011

2. Alcock, Vivien. Singer to the Sea God. 1992; Yearling, 1995.
3. Ursu, Anne. The Shadow of Thieves. Vol. 1of the The Cronus Chronicles. Illustrated by
Eric fortune. Simon and Schuster, 2006.
4. Simmons, Dan. Illium. HarperTorch, 2005.
5. Philips, Marie. Gods Behaving Badly. BackBay Books, 2008.
6. Rushdie, Salman. Grimus. 1975; Random House Trade Paperback Edition, 2006.

UNIT III Novels on Hindu Mythology

1. Ramayana Series Collected as Omnibus Volumes 2007 & 2011.

2. Neelakandan, Anand. Asura:Tale of the Vanquished. Leadstart Publishers, 2012.
3. ___________. Ajaya: Epic of the Kaurava Clan. Book I – Roll of the Dice. Leadstart
Publishers, 2013.
4. Sanghi, Ashwin. The Krishna Key. Westland Ltd., 2012
5. Udayasankar, Krishna. Govinda: The Aryavarta Chronicles. Hachette India, 2012.
6. Pattnaik, Devdutt. Sita. Penguin, 2013.
UNIT IV Novels on Christian Mythology

1. Sanghi, Ashwin. The Rozabal Line. Westland Limited, 2012.

2. Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia. Barnes & Noble, 2009.
3. Becker, James. Chris Bronson Series.
3a. The First Apostle (2008)
3b.  The Moses Stone (2009)
3c.  The Messiah Secret (2010)
3d.  The Nosferatu Scroll (2011)
3e.  Echo of the Reich (2012)
3f.  The Lost Testament (2013)
4. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Ring Series. 1954.

UNIT V Novels on Islamic Religion

1. Kamran, Pasha and McCarten. Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam.
Washington Square Press, 2009.
2. Pamuk, Orhan. My Name is Red. Vintage Books, 2002.
3. Ahmed, Saladin. The Throne of the Crescent Moon.
4. Irving, Karchmar. Master of the Jinn. Bay Street Press, 2004.
5. Rushdie, Salman. Satanic Verses. 1988.

References
1. Campbell, Joseph and Bill Moyers. The Power of the Myth. Anchor: 1991.
2. Miles, Geoffrey. Classical Mythology in English Literature: A Critical Anthology.
Routledge: 1999.
3. Thury, Eva M., and Devinney, Margaret K. Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary
Approaches to Classical and World Myths. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
4. Lefkowitz, Mary. Greek Gods, Human Lives: What we can learn from myths. New
Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2003.
5. Wall. Alan. Myth, Metaphor and Science. Chester Academic Press, 2009.
6. Scott, Jill. Electra after Freud Myth and Culture. Cornell University Press, 2005.
7. Ferrell,William. Literature and Film as Modern Mythology. Praeger, 2000.
8. Rowland, Susan. C. G. Jung and literary theory: the challenge from fiction. Macmillan
publishers, 1999.
9. Baumlin, James S., Tita French Baumlin, and George H. Jensen, eds. Post-Jungian
Criticism, Theory and Practice. Albany: State University of New York, 2004.
10. Guerin, Wilfred L. “Mythological and Archetypal Approaches”. A Handbook of Critical
Approaches to literature. 5th ed.1966; OUP, USA, 2006, pp. 225—251.
11. Sugg, P. Jungian Literary Criticism. Northwestern University Press, 1992.
12. Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces.(The Collected Works of Joseph
Campbell). 3rd ed. New World Library, 2008.
13. Pattnaik, Devdutt. Shiva: An Introduction. Vakils Feffer & Simons Ltd; 2 Reprint
edition, 1997.