Αμερικανικοί Θρύλοι

WEEK 1

Note: To help you prepare, you may read:

Carl Gustav Jung, “On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry”

Bruno Bettelheim, “Introduction” from The Uses of Enchantment

Claude Lévi-Strauss, “The Structural Study of Myth”

Ερώτηση 1 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

The difference between myth and folktale is that:

A. Myth has gods and monsters, folktales are a bit more realistic

B. The latter is a subcategory of the former, since it developed both before and after

C. The latter has a moral message, while the former may be moral or not, depending on the use

D. The latter can stand alone, while the former derives its meaning from interconnectedness

Ερώτηση 2 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

The psychoanalytic approach to myth and folklore:

A. Considers those stories as blueprints for solving psychological/developmental problems

B. Considers those stories as indications of a troubled historic period’s trauma on people’s minds

C. Divides each story into smaller repeatable and recombinant units called mythemes

D. All of the above

Ερώτηση 3 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

A myth that justifies or establishes the way things should be or be done is called:

A. Aetiological myth

B. Didactic myth

C. Charter myth

D. Existential myth

Ερώτηση 4 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

An archetype is:

A. The key image or thing that gives us the objective meaning of a text every time, regardless of who or when is reading it

B. A primordial image of a being, a thing or a situation that emerges from the collective unconscious whenever creativity is freely expressed

C. A form of narrative that is worth passing on

D. A stereotype that is no longer valid because society has changed

Ερώτηση 5 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

What is particular to American folklore is the fact that:

A. Its corpus was established in a particularly short time

B. It contains both imported European and Native elements

C. It is based on an understanding of the American land as fabulistic

D. All of the above

Ερώτηση 6 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

A legend is:

A. A folktale based on a previous fairy-tale

B. A folktale based on an initial truth

C. A literary recreation of a folklore story

D. A myth about a hero

Ερώτηση 7 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

Using myth to explain literary or cultural phenomena is called:

A. Mythopoetic criticism

B. Mythanalytic criticism

C. Mythogenetic criticism

D. Archetypal criticism