The educated imaginationAddressed to educators and general readers -- the "consumers of literature" from all walks of life -- this important new book explores the value and uses of literature in our time. Dr. Frye offers, in addition, challenging and stimulating ideas for the teaching of literature at lower school levels, designed both to promote an early interest and to lead the student to the knowledge and kaleidoscopic experience found in the study of literature. Dr. Frye's proposals for the teaching of literature include an early emphasis on poetry, the "central and original literary form," intensive study of the Bible, as literature, and the Greek and Latin classics, as these embody all the great enduring themes of western man, and study of the great literary forms: tragedy and comedy, romance and irony. |
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One reason is that Homer wrote about him. The other reason is that practically
everything Homer said about him was preposterous. Nobody was ever made
invulnerable by being dipped in a river; nobody ever fought with a river god;
nobody ...
One reason is that Homer wrote about him. The other reason is that practically
everything Homer said about him was preposterous. Nobody was ever made
invulnerable by being dipped in a river; nobody ever fought with a river god;
nobody ...
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Homer's Achilles represents the opposite technique, where the character is a
hero, much larger than life. Achilles is more than what any man could be,
because he's also what a man wishes he could be, and he does what most men
would do if ...
Homer's Achilles represents the opposite technique, where the character is a
hero, much larger than life. Achilles is more than what any man could be,
because he's also what a man wishes he could be, and he does what most men
would do if ...
Pagina 73
With other equally great poets, including Homer and Shakespeare, we feel only
that they were great poets. We know nothing about Homer: some people think
there were two Homers or a committee of Homers. We think of a blind old man,
but ...
With other equally great poets, including Homer and Shakespeare, we feel only
that they were great poets. We know nothing about Homer: some people think
there were two Homers or a committee of Homers. We think of a blind old man,
but ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The educated imagination Volume 88 di Midland book Midland Books: No. 88 |
| Autore | Northrop Frye |
| Edizione | 16 |
| Editore | Indiana University Press, 1964 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 14 apr 2008 |
| Lunghezza | 159 pagine |
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