REINTERPRETATION OF CLASSICAL MYTH IN THE POETRY OF LOUISE GLÜCK, ANNE CARSON, AND ADRIENNE RICH
Keywords:
classical mythology, contemporary American poetry, female subjectivity, intertextual interpretation, poetic transformation, Louise Glück, Anne Carson, Adrienne Rich.Abstract
This article examines the reinterpretation of classical mythology in contemporary American poetry through a comparative poetic analysis of the works of Louise Glück, Anne Carson, and Adrienne Rich. The study identifies three mythopoetic approaches: ideological re-reading, ontological transformation, and psychological internalization. It demonstrates that in Adrienne Rich’s poetics myth functions as a tool of socio-cultural critique within feminist discourse; in Anne Carson’s work, it appears as an aesthetic model of individual consciousness; and in Louise Glück’s poetry, it becomes a psychological expression of subjective inner experience. The research argues that contemporary poetry has developed a new functional paradigm of mythology.
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