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The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature
Dijana Janković (2011)
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature
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Janković, D. (2011). The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:078780

Janković, Dijana. "The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:078780

Janković, Dijana. "The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:078780

Janković, D. (2011). 'The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 19 April 2019, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:078780

Janković D. The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2011 [cited 2019 April 19] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:078780

D. Janković, "The Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2011. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:078780

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TitleThe Flood Myth in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Renaissance Literature
Title (croatian)Mit o potopu u Miltonovom "Izgubljenom raju" i renesansnoj književnosti
AuthorDijana Janković
MentorBorislav Berić (mentor)
Committee memberSanja Runtić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberBorislav Berić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberBiljana Oklopčić (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2011-12-12, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Abstract
The flood myth, as one of the most diffused stories in the world, has puzzled many scholars and artists with its meaning and symbolism. It has at the same time challenged and reinforced the tenets of Judeo-Christian beliefs, and thus influenced the contemporary culture of the Western World. It became a part of some of the renowned works of ancient literature, such as the Bible, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In spite of certain differences which can be found between the flood accounts mentioned in this thesis, in respect to the cause of the flood or other, minor, details like the names of the characters, the fact remains that the flood narrative always tends to be a recreation myth set into motion by the principle of retribution. The flood myth in Milton’s Paradise Lost has a more complex structure because it consists of two intertwined flood stories. Although at first it may seem very different from the Greco-Roman and Mesopotamian flood myths, since it deals with the inner flood of a single man rather than a global flood, it follows the same principles. Milton introduces the flood myth as a cathartic means of spiritual purification of one of the main characters of Paradise Lost – Adam. Since Adam represents the father of the human race, Milton’s flood myth symbolizes the recreation or spiritual rebirth of a human being.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:078780
Study programmeTitle: Engleski jezik i književnost (dvopredmetni); smjerovi: nastavnički, filološki, prevoditeljski
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: diplomski
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Povijest (dvopredmetni)
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: diplomski
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije povijesti (magistar/magistra edukacije povijesti)
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