Friday, September 19, 2008

Sept. 19th class-4 Elements of criticism

*New assignment for class on Monday:
Running commentary on Don Quixote on blogs.
Connect WS poem to the grid. "To what extent does the poem involve the four elements?"

"Truth is made" (Brittney's quote) I didn't catch the name

4 elements- World (mimetic-ancient), Audience (pragmatic-neo-classical), Work (objective-modern world), Artist (expressive-romantic).

The Mirror and the Lamp 4 elements in a total artistic situation.
Romance two forms: Secular or religious.
Don Quixote: Low mimetic world. Using this piece of Lit as a model for his behavior.

Shakespeare's: A Mid Summer Nights Dream
Sympathy with nature
All levels of Frye's grid working together.

Election as something out of Northrop Frye.
Comedy is about sex! Jokes always against inflexible people.

Ironic Thematic. Modernists. Recursive-No place but up. Bottom re-unites with top.

Movie: It Happened One Night
Tragedy doesn't like it. "The sun breeds maggots and dead dogs" (Hamlet)

"We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and arrive at the place for the first time". (T.S. Elliot)

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