“Tartalo. The VII International Conference on Myth in the Arts” welcomes applications from PhD students, late-stages MA students and PostDoc researchers, as well as from established researchers and academics on the following and complementing topics:
The fantastic in the arts
Reinterpretation of the fantastic in the 21st century
Myth and genre:
- Myth and the fantastic;
- Myth in the American West;
- Myth and the Inklings;
- Myth and Modernism;
- Myth in science fiction;
- Myth and horror;
- Myth in comedy;
- Myth in romance;
- Myth in tragedy;
Myth and medium:
- Myth in cinema;
- Myth in paintings;
- Myth and the performative arts (music, dance, theatre -opera, zarzuela,
performance, cabaret, puppetry, circus…); - Myth in architecture;
- Myth in sculptures;
- Myth and new artistic forms (graphic novels, Artificial Intelligence, vlogging…);
- Myth and media arts (radio, television, photography…)
Revisiting ancient/classical myths in modern/contemporary works
Birth and evolution of (post)modern myths
The re/production of urban myths
Mythopoeia
Mythifying social stereotypes
The aesthetics of myth
Cultural appropriation of non-western myths
Transtextual dialogues about specific myths
The artistic representation, use and purpose of myth/s in multicultural contexts
Mythification as a tool for reclaiming and constructing identities
