How Long to Read Meaning and Being in Myth

How Long Does it Take to Read Meaning and Being in Myth?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Meaning and Being in Myth by Norman Austin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Norman Austin has organized his analysis of classical Greek myths around Lacan's dichotomy between (ineffable) Being and the meanings imposed upon Being by culturally determined signifiers. The primary signifiers in myth (the gods), as projections of contradictory meanings, impel human consciousness in contradictory directions: toward heroic self-realization, on the one hand, and into the fear, guilt, and despair resulting from failure, on the other. The gods both reveal and occlude that which they signify--the signified; ultimately, Being itself. Austin includes one chapter on the father's ghost in Shakespeare's Hamlet, and another on Albert Camus's The Stranger, as examples of the power of mythical archetypes to reveal and occlude Being, even when the apparatus of gods has been excluded. Despite their pessimism, ancient myths also affirm that the paradoxes are not insoluble. Austin concludes by outlining the profile of the Universal Self intimated in myth, religion, and philosophy as the joint venture of the world realized in consciousness, consciousness realized in consciousness, and consciousness realized in the world.

How long is Meaning and Being in Myth?

Meaning and Being in Myth by Norman Austin is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Meaning and Being in Myth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Meaning and Being in Myth aloud.

What Reading Level is Meaning and Being in Myth?

Meaning and Being in Myth is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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