<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper aims to address the mythopoeic aspect of Neil Gaiman’s <italic>American Gods</italic>, so as to disclose the elements of American cultural identity embedded in the novel. It is an attempt to analyse its legends, myths, folklore, popular culture figures, intertwined with Old World mythology, assessing their viability as modern myths, through the lens of formalist and structuralist reading.</p></abstract>

This paper aims to address the mythopoeic aspect of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, so as to disclose the elements of American cultural identity embedded in the novel. It is an attempt to analyse its legends, myths, folklore, popular culture figures, intertwined with Old World mythology, assessing their viability as modern myths, through the lens of formalist and structuralist reading.

“<italic>Only the Gods are Real</italic>”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s <italic>American Gods</italic>

University “Dunărea de Jos” of Galați

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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“”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s 

This paper aims to address the mythopoeic aspect of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, so as to disclose the elements of American cultural identity embedded in the...

“Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2016

Pagine: 35 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0006

Parole chiave
American cultural identity, cultural representations of America, mythology, mythopoeia

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2016

Pagine: 35 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0006

Parole chiaveAmerican cultural identity, cultural representations of America, mythology, mythopoeia

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
American cultural identity, cultural representations of America, mythology, mythopoeia