Thinking Activity : Northrop Frye - ritual, myth, and the archetypes of literature
Herman Northrop Frye CC FRSC was a Canadian literary critic and and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. Frye gained international fame with his first book, Fearful Symmetry, which led to the reinterpretation of the poetry of William Blake.
(1) What is Archetypal Criticism? What does the archetypal critic do?
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In literary criticism the term archetype denotes recurrent designs,pattern of action,character-type,themes and images which are identifiable in a wide variety of works of literature,as well as in myths,dreams and even social rituals.
Archetypal critic reads that sines, and try to get meaning and they interpret the menning.
(2)What is Frye trying prove by giving an analogy of ' Physics to Nature' and 'Criticism to Literature'?
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Frye compares human emotions with nature. Nature is also important aspect. Nature have different season, like human beings has a different emotion and feelings. Nature constructs people. Nature also affects human beings. So frye compares human being' s emotions with different season.
Spring
The Spring season represents the Comedy.
Summer
The season of Summer represents Romance.
Autumn
The Autumn season represents Tragedy.
Winter
The season of Winter represents Satire.
(3) Share your views of Criticism as an organised body of knowledge. Mention relation of literature with history and philosophy.
=> History is very important to know the present situation, because through the historical lenses we observe the situation and we compares with past. And we get some glimpses, so it becomes helpful and we also compare with present time. And philosophy is also another important aspects. Philosophy also becomes helpful to understands the past. People have different motives, and different perspectives, some are unique and some are similar, so philosophy helps to understands moral values of people. So for literature history and philosophy both are important.
(4) Briefly explain inductive method with illustration of Shakespeare's Hamlet's Grave Digger's scene.
=> Inductive method is about Specific to general. Through the specific understanding we get conclusion of understanding. Example is grave digging scene in Hamlet, Ophelia is dead and both grave diggers digging the grave. This scene is perticular, specific scene in the Hamlet. Both digging the grave for them it is routine work, that's why for them there is no pain, no sadness. Because routine works brings a changes in their character. They know the ultimate truth, they talking about life. So this scene is specific but their understanding connects in larger structure is general structure.
(5) Briefly explain deductive method with reference to an analogy to Music, Painting, rhythm and pattern. Give examples of the outcome of deductive method.
=> Deductive method is about general to specific. People have different area of interest that's why choices are different and people have different mind set that's why it depends on human beings. Time by time everything is changing and past becomes trend and present becomes past at a time. Poeple express their emotions, feelings through art. And music and painting both are part of art. Music follows rhythm. Rhythm and sound is a part of music. painting is art of picture. Through the different colours, it creates a picture of life. Sometimes some music and rhythm have deep meaning, so it creates a image. And sometimes some music does not creates image because it is shallow level. Some painting gives deep meaning, but some painting does not gives any meaning. In past time history remains through the different painting. It gives a some knowledge about past. So painting, music are tool to keep past and present situation. Music have also different genere and painting also have different genere, so both are connected with art. So art is general. And music and painting becomes perticular part.
(6) Refer to the Indian seasonal grid (below). If you can, please read small Gujarati or Hindi or English poem from the archetypal approach and apply Indian seasonal grid in the interpretation.
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In India main three season are there and these three seasons also divided into two another part.
(1) શિયાળો - Winter Season
1. હેમંત ઋતુ
2. શિશિર ઋતુ
(2) ઉનાળો - Summer Season
1. વસંત ઋતુ
2. ગ્રીષ્મ ઋતુ
(3) ચોમાસુ - Monsoon Season
1. શરદ ઋતુ
2. વર્ષા ઋતુ
(2)What is Frye trying prove by giving an analogy of ' Physics to Nature' and 'Criticism to Literature'?
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Frye compares human emotions with nature. Nature is also important aspect. Nature have different season, like human beings has a different emotion and feelings. Nature constructs people. Nature also affects human beings. So frye compares human being' s emotions with different season.
Spring
The Spring season represents the Comedy.
Summer
The season of Summer represents Romance.
Autumn
The Autumn season represents Tragedy.
Winter
The season of Winter represents Satire.
(3) Share your views of Criticism as an organised body of knowledge. Mention relation of literature with history and philosophy.
=> History is very important to know the present situation, because through the historical lenses we observe the situation and we compares with past. And we get some glimpses, so it becomes helpful and we also compare with present time. And philosophy is also another important aspects. Philosophy also becomes helpful to understands the past. People have different motives, and different perspectives, some are unique and some are similar, so philosophy helps to understands moral values of people. So for literature history and philosophy both are important.
(4) Briefly explain inductive method with illustration of Shakespeare's Hamlet's Grave Digger's scene.
=> Inductive method is about Specific to general. Through the specific understanding we get conclusion of understanding. Example is grave digging scene in Hamlet, Ophelia is dead and both grave diggers digging the grave. This scene is perticular, specific scene in the Hamlet. Both digging the grave for them it is routine work, that's why for them there is no pain, no sadness. Because routine works brings a changes in their character. They know the ultimate truth, they talking about life. So this scene is specific but their understanding connects in larger structure is general structure.
(5) Briefly explain deductive method with reference to an analogy to Music, Painting, rhythm and pattern. Give examples of the outcome of deductive method.
=> Deductive method is about general to specific. People have different area of interest that's why choices are different and people have different mind set that's why it depends on human beings. Time by time everything is changing and past becomes trend and present becomes past at a time. Poeple express their emotions, feelings through art. And music and painting both are part of art. Music follows rhythm. Rhythm and sound is a part of music. painting is art of picture. Through the different colours, it creates a picture of life. Sometimes some music and rhythm have deep meaning, so it creates a image. And sometimes some music does not creates image because it is shallow level. Some painting gives deep meaning, but some painting does not gives any meaning. In past time history remains through the different painting. It gives a some knowledge about past. So painting, music are tool to keep past and present situation. Music have also different genere and painting also have different genere, so both are connected with art. So art is general. And music and painting becomes perticular part.
(6) Refer to the Indian seasonal grid (below). If you can, please read small Gujarati or Hindi or English poem from the archetypal approach and apply Indian seasonal grid in the interpretation.
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In India main three season are there and these three seasons also divided into two another part.
(1) શિયાળો - Winter Season
1. હેમંત ઋતુ
2. શિશિર ઋતુ
(2) ઉનાળો - Summer Season
1. વસંત ઋતુ
2. ગ્રીષ્મ ઋતુ
(3) ચોમાસુ - Monsoon Season
1. શરદ ઋતુ
2. વર્ષા ઋતુ
In this poem poet describes the season and also talks about the ability of poet. Poet needs a sense to connect past with present, and present with past. So here poet said In Autumn, thinks about summer and in summer, thinks about Autumn, then become Poet. Poet needs deep sense of understanding. In this poem poet talks about that sense of deep meaning. One situation is there and thinks about another situation, another steps is necessary. Feel the pain, understanding the pain, situation, condition, feelings, emotions, behaviour is necessary. Deep understanding of things is necessary. Compare happiness with pain. Happiness is there and then another step is sadness is there. Both connect with each other. It is a cycle. So In this poem through the season poet talks about human condition.
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