DESTINY AND THE MYTH OF ANDROGYNY, COSMIC ORDER AND REORDER (”THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU” OR THE REAL FANTASTIC)
DESTINY AND THE MYTH OF ANDROGYNY, COSMIC ORDER AND REORDER (”THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU” OR THE REAL FANTASTIC)
Author(s): Oana BădăluțăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: destiny; cosmic order; reorder; myth of androgyny; the real fantastic
Summary/Abstract: It is said that every man is defended and guided by a guardian angel, a defender, a savior in the choices he makes in life and that seeks his half, through its support (this „thirstŗ of eros is explained by the myth of the androgyny, which Plato expands in the „Banquetŗ, through the character named Aristophanes, explaining how love emerged and how, by separating sex, cosmos was reordered). The project entitled „Destiny and the myth of androgyny, reorder and cosmic order (The adjustment bureau or fantastic realŗ) debates the issue of (pre) destination, of illusion or reality of a half, implicitly the Creatorřs acceptance or opposition, who founded the Grand Plan. The case study which I used as a reason for this concern is the film adaptation of „The adjustment bureauŗ (2011), starring Matt Damon (character, David Norris) and Emily Blunt (character, Elise Sellas). The objective of the project is to support the myth of the androgyny, and thereby reordering the Cosmos through these oracular instances, the guards-angels, which straighten things in favor of the Plan, the „vocationŗ. The hypothesis of the project is the existence and invocation of the androgyny myth several times, which is why we believe that fantastic universe that we face sometimes (through dissatisfaction, imbalance, factors that we cannot explain or perceive) finds its justification and reflection in a real and palpable form of life, predestination, sign and help, through the divine (seen as a return from the chaos). The main concepts used in the approach of this project are methodological, methodical (indirectly, via the film adaptation, for example: he/she relationship, concepts-tool: cosmos/chaos, balance/imbalance, observation method, through the act of rebellion against the lines or the trajectory of the Grand Plan). The development argument for the subject of study for this project is the insistence and, once again, the belief both in the calibration of the personal way and recalibration through the Cosmo Creator permission.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 07
- Page Range: 504-510
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English