马克思的神话理论--兼评神话学研究中的几种观念

本文从马克思关于古希腊神话的评价、神话的本体规定与历史规定等方面,阐释了马克思的神话理论,反驳了"新神话"还会产生等当代神话学研究中的一些浮躁观念。文中认为一个民族的艺术的特征,可能很早就在该民族的神话中被规定下来了;古希腊神话的魅力在于它再现古希腊人把人当作目的的天真;神话是早期人类把尚不能完全理解的抽象"自然力加以形象化"。古代神话之所以产生于那个永不复返的历史阶段,是因物质生产水平不高,人们还不能实际地支配自然力,以及由此而形成的自然观和社会观,即"神话地对待自然的态度"。这些历史条件的消失,宣告古代神话的终结。

Mythology Theory of Marx

From the appraisement about the ancient Greek mythology and its ontic and historical stipulation by Marx ,the paper explains the mythology theory of Marx, and retorts some fickle concepts in modern mythology research such as "new mythology" will also appear. In the paper,the author holds that the art feature of a nation possibilly has been stipulated in the mythology of the nation very early. The glamour of ancient Greek mythology lies in that it reappears the innocent ancient Greek regard human as purpose.The mythology is that ancient mankind visualized abstract natural force not be comprehended completely. The generation of ancient mythology is in that never returning historical stage ,because the level of productivity was low,and the people can not actually hold on the natural force ,the natural and social sight that forms from this,namely "the attitude to treat the nature mythologically". The disappearances of these historical conditions announce the end of ancient mythology.