CHAPTER I
He is the literary critic who wrote The Educated Imagination.
Who is Northrop Frye?
True or False: Frye believes that all literature is connected.
True
A viral image, video, or piece of text that spreads rapidly online, often as an inside joke. (_ _ _ _)
What is a meme?
Frye says you use this when you aren't just describing something, but connecting it to something else.
What is a metaphor?
Frye's metaphor for the entire tradition of stories that teach us how to understand literature.
What is "The Singing School"?
A universal, recurring pattern found in stories across all cultures. ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
What is an Archetype?
The author says that this is the ultimate motive for using metaphor and creating literature.
What is the desire to belong? (or "What is the desire for a human world?")
Frye says we don't learn about dragons from nature, but from this.
What are stories?
This is the name for a common, recognizable storytelling device, like "the chosen one." ( _ _ _ _ _ )
What is a trope?
The three levels of the human mind, according to Frye: awareness, practicality, and this.
What is the imaginative level?
According to Frye, this is the reason a snake can mean evil in one story and medicine in another.
What is context?
Belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system. ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ )
What is primitive?
In page 2, Northrop describes English as...
The definition of 'pedigree' in literature.
Pedigree means the origin or history of something. In this case, it’s a deep dive into literature’s “family tree”
Established literary devices, techniques, or elements that define a specific genre, helping readers understand and anticipate the story's content and structure. (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
What is conventions?