ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Fables are stories that are passed down, with a good lesson to be learned, and are about animals, plants, or forces of nature that are humanlike.

Detailed explanation-2: -The myth of Pandora’s Box comes from ancient Greek mythology and was used to explain why bad things happen in the world. The story goes that Prometheus gave the gift of fire to humans, but Zeus was deeply unhappy and wanted to punish Prometheus for this.

Detailed explanation-3: -Myth is defined as a complex of traditional tales in which significant human situations are united in fantastic combinations to form a polyvalent semiotic system which is used in multifarious ways to illuminate reality…” (Burkert 1985: 120). – An institutionalized system of rituals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. There are four basic theories of myth. Those theories are: the rational myth theory, functional myth theory, structural myth theory, and the psychological myth theory.

Detailed explanation-5: -1.2.1 Mythology. 1.2.2 Mythography. 1.2.3 Myth Criticism. 1.2.4 Mythos. 1.2.5 Mythopoeia.