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Modern dragons: The crocodilian in t...

Reitter, James M.

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Modern dragons: The crocodilian in the Western mind.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Modern dragons: The crocodilian in the Western mind./
作者:	Reitter, James M.
面頁冊數:	240 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1860.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-05A.
標題:	Folklore. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3220072
ISBN:	9780542706493

Modern dragons: The crocodilian in the Western mind.
Reitter, James M.

Modern dragons: The crocodilian in the Western mind. - 240 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1860.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2006.

The crocodilian (crocodiles and alligators) has been a steady presence throughout much of Western culture. Dating back to the ancient civilizations of Babylon and Egypt, the crocodilian has been a significant construct in myth, literature, science, art, and film. This is because in certain aspects of culture, humanity needs a comparative figure by which to understand what it means to be human. The crocodilian fulfills this role by acting as a paradigm for what is monstrous and essentially non-human: the reptilian Other. However, the crocodilian also embodies a psychological primitive side of the Self, one that we cannot ignore. The R-complex (or, reptilian brain) is a physiological and cultural necessity, and our portrayal of the crocodilian epitomizes this. Evidence of the crocodilian acting as a foundational element from which humanity grows is seen in the fact that the Western culture's understanding of the reptilian does not change, despite a fundamental shift in the comprehension of the natural order due to the Scientific Revolution. The crocodilian remains beside us as a pre-historic and pre-human Other: a mythic, alien ancestor that helps articulate how we see ourselves.

ISBN: 9780542706493Subjects--Topical Terms:

528224
Folklore.

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