English 1022E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Giambattista Vico, Northrop Frye, Sociological Theory

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Irony: a mode of speech in which the meaning is contrary to the words samuel johnson. Analysing humour is like dissecting a frog [t]he frog dies. e. b. Literature : universe with its own grammar, syntax, rules. We all share it, as it separates from the outside world. Sense of doom : western culture is destined to go down, to fall. Turn back to a primitive life, a primitive belief. Northrop frye : he talks about literature in two modes , the first is the high mimetic mode: literature of gods, kings, queens, people we look up to. October 19th, 2010: the second is the low mimetic mode: characters beneath us, people we image to be beneath us. We as readers sit between these two: all literature is in the ironic mode. Literature : romance mode: distinguish between romantic writer, and the romance novel. We could also be annoyed at the ability to take control (why are you behaving like this?)

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