Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article presents a perspective on the questioning of the founding myths of a given culture, based on the comparison between the historical figure of Socrates, as portrayed by Plato, and the fictional character Oscar Freeman, from a short story by Philip Roth. This comparison is based on Mircea Eliade's theory on the conceptualization of myths, and on Jean Pierre Vernant's analysis of Myth and Religion in Ancient Greece. At the end of the reading of this text, what is intended is to present the timeless importance of free thought and the questioning of myths, fundamental aspects both in Socratic philosophy and in Philip Roth's narrative.
Source: Interfaces da Comunicação
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4406949864