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1. THE ARCHETYPES OF
LITERATURE
NORTHROP FRYE

2. MYTH – What is that?

3. Three parts
concept of archetypal criticism
Inductive Method
Deductive Method

4. Archetypal Crriticism
original idea or pattern
Myths and rituals are explored
James George Frazer and Carl Gustav
Jung

5. Two Types of Criticism
Meaningful criticism,
and a Meaningless criticism
Philosophy and history – Tools.

6. Formalistic Criticism & Historical
Criticism
Archetypal criticism is a synthesis
of structural criticism and
historical criticism.
Criticism :Science

7. Structural Criticism and Inductive
Analysis
general truth
Jealousy
Othello

8. Historical Criticism and Inductive
Analysis
Sea as a common theme
The Collective Unconscious or
Racial Memory
Hamlet

9. DEDUCTIVE METHOD
Rhythm
Pattern

10. The Four Phases of the Myth
Spring – Romance
 summer – Comedy and Pastoral
autumn – Tragedy or Elegy
Winter – Satire
Quest Myth