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"Don Quixote" and romanticism With the beginning of XIX century the novel begins a new life in terms of deductible and invested in it meanings. "Don Quixote" is in the field of vision of romantics, who begin to perceive the content of the novel much deeper than their predecessors, to distinguish it from such artistic innovations that either did not see or did not consider important contemporaries. For example, contemporary playwrights Tirso de Molina or Calderon, of course, knew the novel well and wrote plays on the subjects taken from it...

Don Quixote innovation Of course, the novel has always been known and always read, but it does not mean that it has always been perceived in the same way. Each generation understands the book, based on their tastes, literary and ideological views. At the same time, it is quite natural that each next era in some sense complicates the understanding of the novel. It is no coincidence that Borges, the adherent of the idea of the infinite multi-denomination of great books, insisted in his story "Pierre...

The novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra tells the story of a young hero who has already read the novels of knights and decided to become a wandering knight. Nothing special: the text was written and perceived as a funny parody of the reader's favorite at that time, the novels of the knights, but in fact everything was much more complicated. "Don Quixote" is an innovative work, and its influence on European literature began soon after the release. The publication of Don Quixote The...

Aragorn solemnly took Minas Tirit, saved from siege, appeared as a specific savior, surrounded by ghosts. Tolkin is also prone to irony. Next comes the military council, the elves, the magician Gandalf, all over the world, they decide what will happen next, and it turns out that the maximum that they are able to do and the only thing that is required of them - is to play the role of bait for Sauron, to divert attention from the two little hobbits that go through the scorched desert to this mountain to destroy the center of power...

Few people think about whether Tolkien's trilogy "Lord of the Rings" contains people. This is a good question, because we are used to personalize the image of power in the person of Sauron, Saruman or Aragorn, but is there a people? We have to understand that the "Lord of the Rings" is a logical but heterogeneous phenomenon in terms of political and cultural models. There are different loci, cultural spaces and different political systems. Curiously, a quest by Frodo and the Guardians of Hobbitania, of Shire, begins...

Next, we see that the succession of rulers on the throne is a succession of shadows that rule, and it quickly ends. You can be a positive ruler and a dwarf like Tyrion. You can be very literate, as Tywin Lannister is the only ruler who is the ideal of Machiavelli and fully corresponds to the concept of "sovereign". He even tries to be a mentor to Tommy, almost quoting Machiavelli. Tywin is killed by his own son. It turns out that there is a throne that is completely indifferent to the one who rules...

It is necessary to start with the fact that we are facing an absolutely unique phenomenon, which we can call a media text, because it is the union of the book and the series. And the book and the series have been published for many years: the book - since 1996, the series - since 2011. They are intertwined, use similar storylines and, conversely, diverging storylines. The main thing that unites them is the problem: we thank HBO for the continuation of the line, which was set by George Martin. When...

Amazons were sculpted, depicted on bas-reliefs, mosaics and vases. The plot of the Amazon (the battle of the Greeks with the Amazons) was distributed in various parts of the ancient world. The mythical defeat of the Amazons by the Athenians is one of the central subjects on the Parthenon: in the sculptures of the warriors are unmistakably guessed women warriors, waging a battle with men. Plots with the battles of Amazons are found on the walls of the treasury of the Athenians in Delphi, the reliefs of the frieze of the temple of Apollo in Basses or the temple of Artemis in Magnesia...

The origins of the Amazon image Many of the qualities attributed to the Amazons, such as man-hating, striving for war, and burning breasts for better possession of weapons, may have been a reflection of the Greeks' perceptions of barbaric tribes with which the Greeks came into contact and in which women's position was different from that of the Greeks. Another explanation for the myth lies in the worldview of the ancient Greeks. Thus, one of the stories about the defeat of the Persian army by the...

The archetypical female myth is present in many world cultures. The fundamental European female myth is the ancient Greek myth about the Amazons. The Amazons are female warriors, some of the most mysterious women in history, who lived on the outskirts of the then civilized world. The way of life of Amazons was opposite to the way of life of the classical ancient Greek society, which was dominated by men. This is not a single myth, but a set of myths and historical ideas about the tribes of warlike...

Appearance and development of heraldry So, the coat of arms has some essential features that make it a coat of arms. When did the coat of arms appear in Europe? The beginning of the formation of heraldry refers to the XII century. This era is associated with the beginning of the history of European knighthood, the beginning of the Crusades, the emergence of the first military monastic orders, and then with the tradition of knightly tournaments. The coat of arms was first of all an identification function, it was a sign of knighthood status, knightly honor...

Approval of the coat of arms The coat of arms usually has to be fixed somewhere in a certain way. Of course, heraldry has always been a huge number of unverified coats of arms. But this fact shows that, in theory, the coat of arms should be confirmed. This is done (and so too, of course, did not happen at once), as a rule, the highest authority, the monarch or other head of state, in which there are appropriate institutions engaged in heraldry. These are heralds (associations of heralds), which can exist under different names...