#98 28 Juin 2015 16:15:47
I should begin the third book of Martin's series in its original language, but I met on Friday evening the cartoonist of the comic book Herakles. So I'm spending all my week end with exclusively myth readings. Yesterday, that was the comic Ulysse, les chants du retour by Jean Harambat. I appreciate my reading, but I didn't think that is a sort of documentary film. It melts fiction very respectful with the original story by Homer and commentaries and interpretations from some book professionals. Merely poetic, yes, but not for the all readers.
Today I continue a book which is on hold for little time : La Toison d'or de Robert Graves. I just discover that this author was an English man and that his book have had a great importance for some people in filmmaking. I never heard about it before I began my searches on myth books on the last month. Even during my studies on myths during my university days. Maybe because it's a novel and not an essay... Yet, this book has a strange structure in the narrative progress. Sometimes I really think I read an essay. The presentation of his vision about the evolution of the religions in Greece is very educational. It's a bit austere at times. Nevertheless, we understand better the construction of the polytheist religion of Ancient Greeks and why there is so many versions of same legends or gods. I understand more about the myth of Herakles also.
edit : sorry, Mr Graves wasn't English but Irish. That was mixed in my head, sorry.
Dernière modification par Anassete (28 Juin 2015 16:25:06)