Myth, Fiction, Displacement..pptx

Myth, Fiction and Displacement by Northrop Frye.

1. Name : Parmar Dhatri Topic : Myth, fiction, displacement-Northrop Frye Email ID : [email protected] B.A. Sem: 6 Paper No. 21 Literary theory/ Criticism-2

2. Introduction: “ Everything start with myth, later on become reality by converting it into successful fiction.” Critic’s duty to look at work of literature as complete pattern of words. Anthropology Psychology Sociology Comparative Religion {Myth} = Integral element of literature.

3. Continuity of work Literary work Different rhythmical level Word, image, sound, scene,characterisation make contribution. i.e.. Hamlet. According to Aristotle ‘plot is life and soul of tragedy.’ Mythos  sequence of gross event Fiction character [ hold & guide attention] Fictional Internal characters, Novels, play, Narrative, poetry, folk tales. Thematic Author& reader, Lyrics, Essay, Didactic poetry, Oratory.

4. Concept of theme Person become conscious about theme. Allegorical value, the thought of reflection. Ex., Hamlet. Subject of theme, summarized statement. Ex. Hamlet [ story of man who could not make up his mind.] Less abstract than subject more direct than allegorical translation. Examine unit by clearing its shape. Concerned with unifying factor. Incident [Manifestation of unity] Plot Archetypes { words with sense of pattern } Same story told in different way { ex. Pardoner’s tales of Chaucer written in India as Jungle Book.}

5. Shape : Through the series of recognition it bring end to the line with beginning. Imagination : Power to produce art. “ The main source of inhibitions is the need to produce a plausible story to dome to turn things as they are.” Based upon story teller. Comedy Tragedy Action sinking into deep. Turning upwards into happy ending. Action rising in crisis to peripety Plugging downwards to catastrophe. Result of previous act. Unity Of Theme : Emblematic object [ point of identification where hidden truth emerge into view.] The Emblem : Hero may discover who is his parents, he may go through ordeal, villain may be unmasked. Ex. The Chalk Circle.

6. Folk tale Dialogue, imagery, abstract story pattern, characters [ men,ghost,animals.] Uncomplicated & easy to remember. No language barrier. Inter-change motif. Taking from myth. No need of logical motivation. Writer produce distortion of realism in structure. In some works characters are only exist for sake of the action, then there were no point to reread it. Ex. The Body Snatcher. [popular literature] Continues reorganization fidelity to experience and knowledge of whole structure. Distortion:

7. Myth “Myth is from verbal art, belong to world of art.” Believed to have really happened. Bigger structure. Historical form of tradition. See nature in human shape. Humans and natural content are god. God represent as humanized form. Universal. Man’s origin, destiny, limit of power, extension of hopes, desire, briefs, tradition, cosmological speculation. Analogy [ parallel between human life and natural phenomena] Ex. Cycle of sun, season, life. Rising movement [spring, dawn, marriage, birth.] Falling movement [death, sacrifice ] Identity [conceives of god ] Ex. Sun god, tree god. Uses of simile and metaphor.

8. Relationship between Myth and Literature Literature- flexible. Mythology merges with it. Many work directly derived from myth. Ex. Endymion [poem by Drayton and Keats.] By studying genre and convention, study their relationship. Poet connected with outline of Myth. Structural principal of Mythology uses in literature. Principal of rising and falling movement reappear as the structural principal of comedy and tragedy. Dialectic in myth hell and heaven reappears as idolized word of pastoral and romance. The absurd, suffering or frustrated world of irony and satire. From the poetry of myth, it reappear in figure of speech as simile and metaphor. Deal with misleading analogies and mistaken identities.

9. Displacement : Displacement means techniques, a writer use to make his story credible, logically motivated or normally acceptable life like. Fidelity and feature of literature can affect only content. Literary shape came from tradition and myth. Reader of myth and fiction will get the true message of the story.

10. Thank you so much