Albert Camus and Prometheus
Keywords:
Albert Camus, Prometheus, rebellion, wilderness, stone, liberation, artist.
Abstract
The myth of Prometheus talks about rebellion as a beginning. The Titan who stood up to Zeus and stole fire in order to bring it to men became a model of humanity, a figure of a saving rebelliousness and a symbol of hope in human race. It is the story of a gesture in the very middle of wilderness where the hero is tied to a rock from which he is supposed to be untied. Albert Camus’s Prometheus belongs to a laicized story of creation. “What is an artist?” asks the writer, who universalizes a Greek and Oriental myth; the modeling, the titanic mark of the creature, challenges our understanding of reality through art.Downloads
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Published
2012-11-15
How to Cite
Voisset-Veysseyre C. (2012). Albert Camus and Prometheus. Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica, 4, 101-111. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_AMAL.2012.v4.40590
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Articles | Thematic Issue
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