CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Shpakau, Miraslau |
|---|---|
| Title | The Roman Myth: Constructing Community in Sixteenth-Century Lithuania |
| Summary | This study is dedicated to the analysis of the Roman myth contained in the Chronicle of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Samogitia composed in Lithuania in the sixteenth century. It aims to demonstrate the identity-creating role of the myth and reveal the nature of the collective identity it constructed. With the help of narratological analysis and the contextualization of its results in the framework of the newest theories of ethnicity and nationhood, the author describes the structure of the collective identity reflected in the myth, attempts to classify it and determine the social groups which shared this identity. He concludes that the myth reflected one of the models of Lithuanian ethnic identity widespread among the multi-lingual and multi-confessional elites of Lithuania proper. |
| Supervisor | Jaritz, Gerhard |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/shpakau_miraslau.pdf |
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