Cambridge Scholars Publishing Myth, Music and Ritual: Approaches to Comparative Literature

Divided into two parts, this volume includes contributions focused on both myth and some of its contemporary reflections (Part I) and the connection between myth, music and ritual (Part II). The fifteen contributions gathered here are authored by academics and researchers from Brazil, France, Poland, Mexico, South Africa and Romania. They focus on a variety of subjects, including folklore, literature, classical and traditional music, science-fiction, philosophy, and religion, among others. The volume operates with an awareness of the capital role the study of the imaginary, with all its implications, is playing in the contemporary world. About the Author Dr Rodica Gabriela Chira is Associate Professor at 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania. She is the author of four books, a dictionary and 57 articles and book chapters, as well as the co-author of 10 further books. Her fields of interest are history of French literature and civilization, comparative literature, and intercultural studies, among others. Dr Emilia Ivancu is a Lecturer of Romanian Language and Literature at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. She has authored studies on comparative literature, postcolonial studies, and (auto-)biographical writing, and co-authored three edited volumes. She is the editor of the Finnish Journal for Romanian Studies. Dr Gabriela Chiciudean teaches Theory of Literature, Literary Criticism, and Introduction to the Science of the Imaginary at 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania. She has authored four books and over 100 articles and studies, and co-authored eight volumes. She is the Executive Manager of Speculum Centre for the Study of Imaginary, and editor of Incursiuni în imaginar. Dr Natalia Muntean is Assistant Lecturer at 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania. She has authored a number of articles on literary analysis from the conceptual metaphor and cognitive linguistics perspectives.