Reimagination of Greek Mythology in Rick Riordan's 'Percy Jackson And
International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) Volume 5 Issue 4, May-June 2021 Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470 Reimagination of Greek Mythology in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Hrithuparna. T M.A. English Literature, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Kerala, India ABSTRACT How to cite this paper : Hrithuparna. T This study aims to illustrate the significance of Greek mythology in this "Reimagination of Greek Mythology in modern world and how it is reimagined by the American author Rick Riordan Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the in his pentalogy, Percy Jackson, and The Olympian Series. In his novels, Olympians Serie" Riordan portrays the Greek gods centered in the focal point of the modern Published in civilization, guiding the modern man in all his endeavors. He presents to us an International Journal out-of-the-ordinary scenario, where the Greek myths are embedded in the of Trend in Scientific core of modern American society and how the pop culture and modernity is Research and mixed with the archaic myths of Greece. Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, IJTSRD42322 KEYWORDS: Greek mythology, modern fiction, Rick Riordan, archaic myths, Greek Volume-5 | Issue-4, Gods, Intersexuality June 2021, pp.567-579, URL: www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd42322.pdf Copyright © 2021 by author (s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) INTRODUCTION The term ‘myth’ has often been a topic that has drawn many maintains, that the structural principles of literature are debates on whether it can be considered as stories relating largely based on myths.
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