Estudo do mito através da análise literária d"O Certame Homero-Hesíodo"

Abstract

This research, entitled STUDY OF MYTH THROUGH LITERARY ANALYSIS OF "THE CONTEST OF HOMER AND HESIOD", aims to present a theoretical study on the myth from the analysis of a literary text whose authorship is attributed to Hesiod, The Contest of Homer and Hesiod. In order to achieve its objective, the research part of the reflection on the myth considering its polysemy, that is, the different senses that the institute may have, that is, its different facets. The theoretical foundation is basically the authors, in alphabetical order, Aristotle (1991), Barthes (2001), Burkert (2001), Campbell (2007), Detienne [19--], Eliade (2010), Hegel (2004) and Vernant (1990 and 2006). The translation of the corpus, whose original is written in Greek, used in the research is that of Torrano (2005), the only version available for Portuguese language. The work is divided as follows: the first chapter presents a brief theoretical study of the myth, considering it as a narrative, as language and in its religious content, highlighting the issue of genealogy and funeral rituals, as well as a study of the function the poet in the classical world. The second chapter presents a contextualization of the corpus, especially its characterization according to gender. The third chapter presents the analysis of the literary text under consideration, The Contest of Homer and Hesiod.