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Northrope Frye

Northrope Frye. Monomyth. Mythoi - Season Myths. Myth of Summer – the romance Birth and adventures of the innocent youth Happy myth that indulges what we want to happen Good over evil, the guy gets the girl (or girl gets the guy), problems are resolved in a satisfying way. Autumn Myth.

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Northrope Frye

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  1. Northrope Frye Monomyth

  2. Mythoi - Season Myths • Myth of Summer – the romance • Birth and adventures of the innocent youth • Happy myth that indulges what we want to happen • Good over evil, the guy gets the girl (or girl gets the guy), problems are resolved in a satisfying way.

  3. Autumn Myth • Contrast to summer • The hero does not triumph, but instead meets defeat or death • Classic tragic heroes – are stripped of their power and set apart from their world to suffer alone

  4. Winter Myth • What is normal and what is hoped for are inverted • The depicted world is hopeless, fearfful, frustrated, even dead • There is no hero to bring salvation, no happy endings to innocent adventures.

  5. Spring Myths • Comedy • Rebirth and renewal • Hope and success • Freedom and happiness • Forces that would defeat the hero are thwarted, and the world regains its order • According to Frye, every work of literature has its place in this schema

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