Analysis of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies' as Contemporary Myth

The article examines William Golding's 1954 novel 'Lord of the Flies' as a modern fable. Golding, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, delivered a lecture titled 'Fable' at UCLA in 1962, later published in a 2013 essay collection. The author argues that Golding intentionally created a powerful contemporary myth through this work, which has become widely translated and influential. The piece connects the novel to classical storytelling traditions, describing it as a recurring narrative motif about civilization.