De sirenis: image and myth in modern literature
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-4276.2019.1.27331Keywords:
History. Literature. Hybrid. Siren.Abstract
This paper intends to present a critical examination of the siren’s image in its sources and evolution, from the epic episode described by Homer to the modern narrative. The discourses of historiography, literature, and religion tell the myth assuming some distinct features, blending them with literary, philosophical, and social contexts. Implications of these contexts have affected the aesthetic representation of the myth in its literary form. A historiographic and literary review of Manuel Bernardes’s, Gilberto Freyre’s, Joaquim Ruyra’s, and José Cândido de Carvalho’s texts shows that differences between these versions are minor after the seventeenth century. The variants of the myth are examined based on studies undertaken by Dana Oswald, Lisa Verner, and Luís da Câmara Cascudo.
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