Showing papers by "Northrop Frye published in 2016"
01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make an attempt to explain what the term "myth" means in literary criticism and why it ever got into Uterary criticism, concluding that "the interest of poets in myth and mythology has been remarkable and constant since Homer's time".
Abstract: "Myth" is a conception permeating many areas of contemporary thought: anthropology, psychology, comparative religion, sociology, and several others. My contribution is an attempt to explain what the term means in literary criticism today. Such an explanation must begin with the question: Why did the term ever get into Uterary criticism? There can be only one legitimate answer to such a question: because myth is and has always been an integral element of Uterature, the interest of poets in myth and mythology having been remarkable and constant since Homer's time.
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