Frye Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
Q
What contradictory reality does literature possess?
A
It is neither real nor unreal.
2
Q
Difference between a historian and a novelist/poet
A
Historian - makes specific and particular statements, judged by the truth or falsehood they make
Poet - job not to tell hat happened, but what always happens,
3
Q
3 literary devices within Frye’s work
A
- symbol
- allegory
- allusion
- imagery
4
Q
What does poet/author identify?
A
everything he sees in nature with human life. that why
5
Q
How does study of literature encourage tolerance?
A
- what produces tolerance is the power of detachment in the imagination, where things are removed
- lit allows for view of world through the eyes of others in a way that could never happen in ordinary life
6
Q
What does “Giants in time” mean?
A
Characters or figures immortalized within lit, or archetypes we see reused in lit over time
