Northrop Frye :The Archetypes of
Literature
Thinking Activity on the Archetypes of
Literature by Northrop Frye
1)What is Archetypes criticism was does the
Archetypal critics do ?
Ans Archetypal criticism argues that archetypes determine the form and function of literary works, that a text's meaning is shaped by cultural and psychological myths. Archetypes are the unknowable basic forms personified or concretized in recurring images, symbols, or patterns which may include motifs such as the quest or the heavenly ascent, recognizable character types such as the trickster or the hero, symbols such as the apple or snake, or images such as crucifixion (as in King Kong, or Bride of Frankenstein)--all laden with meaning already when employed in a particular work.
2) what is Frye trying prove by giving an
analogy of 'physics to Nature' and criticism to Literature ?
Ans: The poet may of course have some critical ability of his own, and so be able to talk about his own work. But the Dante who writes a commentary on the first canto of the Paradiso is merely one more of Dante's critics. What he says has a peculiar interest, but not a peculiar authority. It is generally accepted that a critic is a better judge of the value of a poem than its creator, but there is still a lingering notion that it is somehow ridiculous to regard the critic as the final judge of its meaning, even though in practice it is clear that he must be. The reason for this is an inability to distinguish literature from the descriptive or assertive writing which derives from the active will and the conscious mind, and which is primarily concerned to "say" something.
3) share your views of criticism as an
organised body of knowledge . mention
reaction of literature with this toy and
Philosophers.
Ans:
There are answers that science isn’t able to provide about the natural world—the questions about why instead of the questions about how. I’m interested in the whys. I find many of those answers in the spiritual realm. That in no way compromises my ability to think rigorously as a scientist.
~ Francis Collins
4) Briefly explained inductive metheod
with illustrations of Shakespeare's
Hamlet 's Green Digger' s scenario .
Ans: The Gravediggers appear briefly in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, making their only appearance at the beginning of Act V, scene i. They are first encountered as they are digging a grave for the newly deceased Ophelia, discussing whether she deserves a Christian burial after having killed herself. Soon, Hamlet enters and engages in a quick dialogue with the first Gravedigger. The beat ends with Hamlet's speech regarding the circle of life prompted by his discovery of the skull of his father's beloved jester, Yorick.
5) Briefly explain deductive meth-
od with reference to an analogy
to music, examples of the
outcome of deductive method.
Ans: The original source of what has become known as the “problem of induction” is in Book 1, part iii, section 6 of A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume, published in 1739. In 1748, Hume gave a shorter version of the argument in Section iv of An enquiry concerning human understanding. Throughout this
6) Refer to the Indian seasonal
grid (beliw) if you please
read small Gujarti or Hindi
or English poem from the
Archetypal approach and apply
Indiana season grid in the
interpretation .
Ans: In literary criticism the term archetype denotes recurrent narratives designs, patterns of action, character-types, themes, and images which are identifiable in a wide variety of works of literature, as well as in myths, dreams, and even social rituals.
As we know that there are many similarities between Indian Hindu myths and Greek myths.
In Literature also we can find same Archetype in Indian Movies as well as western movies or Books. Like Romeo and Juliet we can find Heer and Ranja as well as Leila Majnu; same Archetype used in Ramleela also, we can see that no story perfectly match with other; still the pattern which exist it helps to understand and read literature.
Literature
Thinking Activity on the Archetypes of
Literature by Northrop Frye
1)What is Archetypes criticism was does the
Archetypal critics do ?
Ans Archetypal criticism argues that archetypes determine the form and function of literary works, that a text's meaning is shaped by cultural and psychological myths. Archetypes are the unknowable basic forms personified or concretized in recurring images, symbols, or patterns which may include motifs such as the quest or the heavenly ascent, recognizable character types such as the trickster or the hero, symbols such as the apple or snake, or images such as crucifixion (as in King Kong, or Bride of Frankenstein)--all laden with meaning already when employed in a particular work.
2) what is Frye trying prove by giving an
analogy of 'physics to Nature' and criticism to Literature ?
Ans: The poet may of course have some critical ability of his own, and so be able to talk about his own work. But the Dante who writes a commentary on the first canto of the Paradiso is merely one more of Dante's critics. What he says has a peculiar interest, but not a peculiar authority. It is generally accepted that a critic is a better judge of the value of a poem than its creator, but there is still a lingering notion that it is somehow ridiculous to regard the critic as the final judge of its meaning, even though in practice it is clear that he must be. The reason for this is an inability to distinguish literature from the descriptive or assertive writing which derives from the active will and the conscious mind, and which is primarily concerned to "say" something.
3) share your views of criticism as an
organised body of knowledge . mention
reaction of literature with this toy and
Philosophers.
Ans:
~ Francis Collins
4) Briefly explained inductive metheod
with illustrations of Shakespeare's
Hamlet 's Green Digger' s scenario .
Ans: The Gravediggers appear briefly in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, making their only appearance at the beginning of Act V, scene i. They are first encountered as they are digging a grave for the newly deceased Ophelia, discussing whether she deserves a Christian burial after having killed herself. Soon, Hamlet enters and engages in a quick dialogue with the first Gravedigger. The beat ends with Hamlet's speech regarding the circle of life prompted by his discovery of the skull of his father's beloved jester, Yorick.
5) Briefly explain deductive meth-
od with reference to an analogy
to music, examples of the
outcome of deductive method.
Ans: The original source of what has become known as the “problem of induction” is in Book 1, part iii, section 6 of A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume, published in 1739. In 1748, Hume gave a shorter version of the argument in Section iv of An enquiry concerning human understanding. Throughout this
6) Refer to the Indian seasonal
grid (beliw) if you please
read small Gujarti or Hindi
or English poem from the
Archetypal approach and apply
Indiana season grid in the
interpretation .
Ans: In literary criticism the term archetype denotes recurrent narratives designs, patterns of action, character-types, themes, and images which are identifiable in a wide variety of works of literature, as well as in myths, dreams, and even social rituals.
As we know that there are many similarities between Indian Hindu myths and Greek myths.
In Literature also we can find same Archetype in Indian Movies as well as western movies or Books. Like Romeo and Juliet we can find Heer and Ranja as well as Leila Majnu; same Archetype used in Ramleela also, we can see that no story perfectly match with other; still the pattern which exist it helps to understand and read literature.
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