《希腊罗马神话教程》教学课件Unit 3 Titanic and Olympian Genealogy.pptx

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Unit3TitanicandOlympianGenealogy

Contents1ASurveyoftheDivineFamily2TheOlympianFamily

PARTONE

GaiasChildren

MotherGaia大地之母

CronusRhea提坦天王天后

Uranusvs.Cronus/Cronusvs.Zeus

CronuscastrationofUranusZeusdefeatofCronusCronusDevouringhischildren:paintedbyGoyaaround1819-1823

ReplacementoftheOldbytheYoungWarbetweenTwoGenerations

1.PsychologicalReading:(Mother-Son-Fathertriangle;Father-Sonrivalry;Oedipuscomplex)hostilitybetweenFatherandSonandallianceofMotherwithSonFather’sfearofhissonandhislifedenyingpolicy(swallowing)Son’srebellionagainstFathertoavengehismother(withthehelpofMother)

ReplacementoftheOldbytheYoungWarbetweenTwoGenerations

2.EtiologicalRitualisticReading:A.theancienttribalpracticeofthestrongestsonoverthrowinghisoldtribalfather-leader(bykillinghim,orthroughritualcastrationtoshowthelossofvirileauthorityoftheold,orleavinghimtodieorkillhimself;JackLondons“TheLawofLife”)

B.theancientmatriarchalritesofkillingtheoldmaleconsorttoensurefertilityofhumancommunityC.castration/duelbetweenthemaleforkingshipintheanimalkingdom,toensurethequalityoftheflock;withthecastration,takingawaythedrivinglifepowerandthusendingthepaternal/oldmaleauthorityReplacementoftheOldbytheYoungWarbetweenTwoGenerations

3.StructuralistReading:withthecastrationofUranus,theskyseparatedfromtheearth,thusbeginningthebinarystructureoftheuniversetheeverlastingconflictbetweentheoldandtheyoungReplacementoftheOldbytheYoungWarbetweenTwoGenerations

4.Etiological(psychologicalandritualistic)Reading:theprototypeofh