Northrop Frye's "Archetypal Criticism"

Northrop Frye's "Archetypal Criticism" presented by Riddhi Bhatt

1. Presented by : ​​ Bhatt Riddhiben D. ​ [email protected] ​​ Sem : 2 ​ Roll No. : 15 ​​ Paper Name : 108 (Literary Theory & Criticism) PG Year : 2020-2021 ​​ PG Enrolment No. : 3069206420200004​​ Northrop Frye’s Archetypal Criticism MAHARAJA KRISHNKUMARSINHJI BHAVANAGAR UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

2. Who is Northrop Frye? What is Archetype? Archetype of Literature What is the purpose of Frye's theory ? Examples of Archetype Mor Bani Thangat Kare by Zaverchand Meghani Four Seasons by Cecil Frances Alexander Jagte Raho by Raj Kapoor Key Objectives

3. Born July 14, 1912 Died January 23, 1991 (aged 78) Sub discipline Literary criticism, literary theory Main interests Imagination archetype myth Bible One of the most recognized authors of literary criticism world-wide, Northrop Frye studied at both the University of Toronto and Oxford, lecturing at U of T until his death in 1991 . Influential Canadian author, literary critic and literary theorist who drew from his knowledge of philosophy Worked primarily during the 1940-1960's Who is Northrop Frye? “Literature imitates the total dream of man.”

4. According to ‘A Glossary of Literary Terms’ by M. H. Abram's: 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. According to the Oxford Dictionary : A very typical example of a certain person or thing. An original which has been imitated; a prototype. A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art or mythology. In Jungian theory, a primitive mental image inherited from the earliest human ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious. What is an Archetype ?

5. The archetypes are symbols that re-occur in literature.4 Seasons represent variations of the ' Monomyth ': Summer –Romance – Birth of Hero Autumn –Tragedy – Defeat of Hero Winter -Irony & Satire Spring – Comedy –Rebirth of Hero The archetypes are related by the theme of desire (usually goal-oriented in the case of the hero). Archetypes of Literature

6. Frye uses the archetypes to connect literature in a broader context- like backing away from a painting to admire the entire composition rather than the brushwork They should also be used to note how literature strays from the archetypes in order to analyze how literature remains unique while still having some connections to the structure of the archetypes. The central idea is…To apply one or more of these phases (lenses) to the stories that we read. To allow ourselves to interpret and understand stories based on existing archetypes and theories about story. What is the purpose of Frye's theory?

7. मोर बनी ठनगट करे, मन मोर बनी ठनगट करे घनघोर झरे चाहू और मारू मन घर्र घर्र घर्रार मेघघटा गगने गगने गरजात करे घुमरी घुमरी गरजात भरे नावेधान भारी सारी सिम झूले नदियु नवजोबन भान भूले नव दिन कपोतनी पाक खुले माघरा माघरा मलकाईने मेदक नेह सु नेह सु बात करे गगने गगने घूमराइ ने पागल मेघघटा गरजात भरे मोर बनी ठनगट करे, मन मोर बनी ठनगट करे नव मेघ ताने नील आंजनिये मारा घेंगुर नैन झगत करे मारा लोचन मा मद घेन भरे परछाईं ताडे हरियाई बनी मारो आतम नैन बिछात करे सचराचर श्यामल बात धरे म्हारो प्राण करी पुल्कत गयो पथराई सारी वनराई परे ओलो मेघ आशाधिलो आज मारा दोय नेने नीलांजन गहें भरे मन मोर बनी ठनगट करे Examples of Archetype Mor Bani Thangat Kare by Zaverchand Meghani

8. The fields are rich with daffodils, A coat of clover cloaks the hills, And I must dance, and I must sing To see the beauty of the spring. The earth is warm, the sun's ablaze, It is a time of carefree days; And bees abuzz that chance to pass May see me snoozing in the grass. The leaves are yellow, red, and brown, A shower sprinkles softly down; The air is fragrant, crisp, and cool, And once again I'm stuck in school. The birds are gone , the world is white, The winds are wild, they chill and bite; The ground is thick with slush and sleet, And I can barely feel my feet. The last is done, the next is here, The same as it is every year; Spring -- then sunshine ' autumn ' snow, That is how each year must go. Four Seasons by Cecil Frances Alexander

9. ‘Jagte Raho’ (1956)

10. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Northrop Frye". Encyclopaedia Britannica, 19 Jan. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Northrop-Frye. Accessed 23 June 2021. Brown , Daniel Russell. “A Look at Archetypal Criticism.” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 28, no. 4, 1970, pp. 465–472. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42848 Davis, Joseph K. “IMAGE, SYMBOL, AND ARCHETYPE: DEFINITIONS AND USES.” Interpretations, vol. 16, no. 1, 1985, pp. 26–30. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4379784 Frye, Northrop. “The Archetypes of Literature.” The Kenyon Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 1951, pp. 92–110. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/433 Meghani, Zaverchand. “ Maru Man Mor Bani Thanghat Kare - Gujarati Lyrics.” Mor Bani Thangat Kre , hello gujarati , 24 Nov. 2020, www.hellogujarati.com/2020/11/maru-man-mor-bani-thanghat-kare.html. References