Paper no 14 African Literature Conflict between tradition and modernity in "The Swamp Dwellers"

The Archetypes of Literature.... Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye, in full Herman Northrop Frye, Canadian educator and critic who wrote much on "Canadian Literature" and culture and became best known as one of the most important literary theorists of the 20th century. 1.What is Archetypal Criticism? What does the Archetypal critic do? In literary Criticism the term " archetype" denotes recurrent narratives designs, patterns of actions, character- type, themes & images which are identifiable in a wide variety of works of literature, as well as in myths, dreams and even social rituals. Such recurrent items are held to be the result of elemental & universal forms or patterns in the human psyche, whose effective embodiment in a literary work evokes a profound response from the attentive reader, because he or she shares the psychic archetypes expressed by the author. 2.What is Frye trying to prove by giving an analogy of "Physics to Nature" & "Criticism to Literature"? Northrop...

Poem : The Old Woman by Joseph Campbell

Hello Readers, Here I'm sharing one poem named "The Old Woman" written by Joseph Campbell. ● About Author :- Joseph Campbell was an American mythologist writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology & comparative religion. His work is vast , covering many aspects of the human experience. ● Poem : The Old Woman :- "The Old Woman" by Joseph Campbell is a poem projecting life of woman who is at the hand of her life with fulfilling all her roles of her life. Devided into 3 stanzas. This poem is a gem of simplicity. Note the three lovely comparisons. It is easy to see beauty in young woman , but it needs understanding & imangination to see the beauty of old age. Here the poet skillfully represents her beauty by comparing with nature elements. A very important figures of speech that is simile perfectly works here. In the very 1st stanza , the poet talks about her beauty which is as pure as a candle at a holy-plac...

Poem : A Prayer for my Daughter by W B Yeats

Hello Readers, Here I'm going to share poem which is written by William Butler Yeats. ◆ Introduction :- 'A Prayer for my Daughter' is a poem written by William Butler Yeats in 1919 & published in 1921 as a part of Yeats collection, 'Michael Roberts and the Dancer.' This poem is written for Anne, his daughter. This poem was written during the Anglo-Irish war, after 2 days of Anne's birth. He was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century Literature. This poem contains 10 stanzas of 8 lines each. Each stanza has its own importance in this poem. ◆ A Prayer for My Daughter :- The poem starts with the description of his daughter, as she was sleeping in a cradle, cradle here symbolized for protection, storm symbolized as difficult time of our life as he started poem,.... " Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradlehood and coverlid. My child sle...

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