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By William Marderness

Roland Barthes and Mircea Eliade pioneered contrasting but both influential theories of fantasy. earlier, nobody has effectively built-in Barthes' interpretation of delusion as a approach of indicators and Eliade's interpretation of fantasy as a sacred narrative. during this very important contribution to the research of fable, thinker William Marderness proposes a complete concept that bills for the varied interpretations of Barthes and Eliade, between others.

Marderness articulates 4 methods of realizing fable: legendary examining (myth as truth), cultural interpreting (myth as cultural convention), additional legendary examining (myth as enigma), and mythological interpreting (myth as artifice). via this interpretive framework, Marderness explicates parts of the Bible, Virgil's "Aeneid", Anchee Min's "Red Azalea", and Julia Alvarez's "In the Time of the Butterflies". Marderness indicates us via varied contexts how his accomplished idea enriches our realizing of delusion as cultural expression.

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