Myth is a March from Randomness to Logos

(An introduction to literary theory)

Abstract

This research aims to provide an introduction to the study of literary theory based on mythological texts. These texts do not fit within the framework of mimetic theory, which is the oldest literary theory that attempted to explain literature, developed by Plato and his student Aristotle

These texts are very close in their composition to poetry, but they also emerged from a vision of existence, and this vision is not the same, of course, but it emerges from a specific solution, and it addressed the divine forces as well as groups of believers, and aimed to modify the behavior of humans and modify the behavior of nature at the same time, reaching To a kind of balance between man and nature.

It is strange that researchers in the field of literary theory have not yet paid attention - to the researcher's knowledge - to this phenomenon, and there has not been even a simple attempt to organize a systematic intellectual framework that looks at this literary production based on the ways of living of people in that period, and their way of understanding existence. Therefore, this research is concerned with developing an introduction to a literary theory that deals with legendary texts, and investigates their origin, nature, and function, and this is what literary theory is concerned with.

The research came to the conclusion that mythological texts are literary texts that were formulated throughout the ages by clerics who based the mythical religions. These texts were handed down from generation to generation, but with the passage of time they developed and modified their starting points with the development of the religions themselves. There is no single known author that can be attributed. To him these texts. On the other hand, the group formed a partner in the creation through the prevailing intellectual trends in society, and it also formed the recipient in partnership with the gods The prevailing philosophy in these societies can be called the philosophy of randomness, while seeking to formulate the logos.