El mito de Pigmalión en textos literarios y fílmicos

M.ª del Carmen Rodríguez

doi:10.3989/arbor.2010.741n1003

The myth of Pygmalion in literary and filmic texts

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M.ª del Carmen Rodríguez Universidad de Oviedo

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https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2010.741n1003

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Myth, woman, education, articulation, deconstruction, film, literature

Abstract

In this essay we will take Roland Barthes’ definition of Myth as the starting point for the analysis of several classical and contemporary versions of the myth of Pygmalion. According to Barthes, myth is not eternal, it is transient and human history can subvert and deconstruct it. This is what happens with the contemporary versions of this myth. Opposed to the classical versions that insist on the gender construction, contemporary examples subvert the pygmalonian character, erasing him from the scene or the screen so that the oppressed characters become owners of their lives, articulated and empowered.

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2010-02-28

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Rodríguez, M. del C. (2010). The myth of Pygmalion in literary and filmic texts. Arbor, 186(741), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2010.741n1003

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Vol. 186 No. 741 (2010)

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