Frye Chapter 5 Flashcards
1
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What is Frye’s definition of MYTH?
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- simple and primitive effect of the imagination to identify the human with the non- human world
- becomes structural principle of story telling
2
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What is framework of the hero myth?
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mysterious birth>triumph>death+rebirth
life>death>rebirth
departure>initiation>return>loss+regain
3
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Whats does Frye say about the constructive power of imagination?
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- imagination is power of the mind set free to work and improve oneself
- improving you mind through learning beneficial to not only oneself but maybe others
4
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What is poetry and what is not?
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- most direct and simple means of expressing one self
- even mots primitive nations have poetry
- not irregular lines in a work, but something close to dance and song
- not unnatural
5
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How to tie literature as a historical reference
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- clarifies whole cultural history of nation that produced it
- social life/history/religion/ and cultural mythology
- learn about human life
6
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Practice vs Theory of literature
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Practice: is the production of lit by writers of all types
Theory: criticismy of uniting lit with society
- teaching, small part is reviewing
7
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What is end if literary teaching?
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- literary education should enrich the world of imagination, which expands the horizon or belief, making it more tolerant and efficient
8
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What should be taught?
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Bible, greek and roman myth, 4 lit forms, other languages, other arts, music
9
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What does “Verticals of Adam” mean?
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- The verticals are the structure or foundation
* Adam is in reference to the bible, the foundation of which much of literature is based on
