The Implications Of Petersburg Modern Myths In Russian Literature Of19^th Century

Modern mythology is a unique way to observe the world and it is also therecognition of the lasting human law with the assistance of the method. The modernmythology in literature inherits and develops the new mythology of romanticism. Thetheories of modern mythology in the west and Russia confirm the difference andrelationship between modern mythology and ancient one in context, phylosophy and waysof expression. Modern mythology is the modern interpretation of ancient mythology andmodernism is used in its writing method. Although the model of ancient mythology isborrowed in the way of thinking, there is a great gap in content between the newmythology and the traditional mythology. With the method of mythology imitation andthe worship of divinity in it, writers clarify the problems in modern civilization and unfoldthose never-changing elements in the world of experience and historical transformation.Works of mythology in Russian literature of the19thcentury include both the newmythology of romanticism and many elements of modern mythology in the20thcentury.This paper focuses on the analysis of literary works about Petersburg written by Pushkin,Gogol, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, and constructs the concept system which includes elementsof mythology, symbol, double world, mythology imitation, source text and archetypalcriticism. It also analyzes the implications of modern mythology about Petersburg inRussian literature of the19thcentury by using theories of mythology and modern mythologyand archetypal criticism. Besides, the paper reveals the spirit of modern mythology and theimplication of typical symbol, explains the social and realistic significance conveyed bymodern mythology and interprets the opposition and unification of various contradictionsand conflicts in Russian culture and society reflected in modern mythology.