Northrope Frye
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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 • 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
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.
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