On mythic criticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5797717 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert C Rowland (0000-0002-5957-2041, University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-116 |
| Publication date | 1990-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-0974 • E-ISSN: 1745-1035 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10510979009368293 |
| OpenAlex | W2085156128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 34 |
Recently, a number of critics have applied a mythic perspective to a wide variety of works. While the value of mythic criticism cannot be questioned, the method also may be stretched to include discourse that lacks either the function or the form of traditional myth. Reliance on a narrow formal/functional definition of myth can help critics avoid this problem
Value (mathematics · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Toward a Gramscian critical rhetoric
Wushu, the Evolution of Sports Mythology, and the Rhetorical Management of Losing
Mythologizing Madiba
“The Only Thing That’s Real Is Me”
Border and Immigration as Etiological Myth in U.S. Right-Wing Politics
Apocalyptic Actors and Historical Trajectories in Mythic Discourse of Conspiracism
Syngman Rhee, Robert T. Oliver, and the Symbolic Construction of the Republic of Korea during the Global Cold War
Incorporating Mythic and Interpretive Analysis in the Investigation of Hearing Loss on the Family Farm
In Defense of Symbolic Convergence Theory
China Beach and American Mythology of War
The Symbolic DNA of Terrorism
The Show for Those Who Owe
Deconstructing the Dialectical Tensions in The Horse Whisperer
A dramatistic theory of apocalyptic rhetoric
Political Myth as Subjective Narrative
Southern Paternal Generationalism and the Rhetoric of the Drive-By Truckers
Librarian, Interrupted
American myth, American reality
Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
After Virtue
The Structuralists, from Marx to Levi-Strauss
T. H. Gaster. Myth, Legend, and Custom in the Old Testament, 2 vols. (New York
Myth in Communication
Myth, Ritual, and Political Control
Myths and Rituals
Mythic evolution of “The new frontier” in mass mediated rhetoric
The rhetoric of the American western myth
Harvard Theological Review
Subliminal Politics
Mythography
Familiar Mysteries. The Truth in Myth
The Ritual Theory of Myth
Essays on a Science of Mythology
Mythic rhetoric in Mein Kampf
E.T. As rhetorical transcendence
Evolution of “the new frontier” in Alien and Aliens
Reaffirmation and subversion of the American dream
Telling America's story
Ronald Reagan's “star wars” address
The “positive woman's” journey
The Nature and Function of Myth
The evolution of the archetypal sea in rhetoric and poetic
Dahomean Narrative
The Ritual Theory of Myth
The Structural Study of Myth
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |