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burnsys_books_811's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent argument for the consumption of literature, with many excellent points, however I do not feel that he adequately answers the original question: why study Shakespeare and Milton? That is, why specifically works that many students deem "outdated". Frye may slightly circle around the point but he veers of and answers why we study literature at all. Feels a bit like attacking the strawman. That said, I found it compelling and highly readable.
sebds3036's review against another edition
3.0
Ok i only didnt love it because it was a series of difficult to read essays. However Northrop Frye is an amazing thinker and his work in this book is useful in understanding what literature is.
In the essays Frye talks about language, literature, the language of literature and archetypes.
In the essays Frye talks about language, literature, the language of literature and archetypes.
coralrose's review against another edition
5.0
"[Y:]ou learn to think better from linguistic conflict, from councing one language off another."
blossomgarden's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book! It seems to abruptly end when there felt like more could have been said. The last couple chapters also got a bit political (talk of Communism and such) but perhaps it was to be expected; it was written in the '60s after all.
pjv1013's review
3.0
O título original deste conjunto de conferências do canadiano Northrop Frye é "Educated Imagination". Neste sentido o cultivar e o desenvolve4 da imaginação é o elemento essencial da sua proposta analítica da (sua) teoria literária.
O autor defende e potencia na sua argumentação - estruturalista q. b. - a necessidade de aprendizagem da língua e da linguagem como elemento fundamental para o treino, posterior, da imaginação e para a aprendizagem literária.
O texto é claro que imaginação, aprendizagem e literatura que entrecruzam como elementos constitutivos da fruição do texto enquanto arte.
Centrado especialmente no campo poético, e aí na anglofonia, o autor vai nos fornecendo interessantes pistas para debate posterior, o que torna a leitura agradável.
O autor defende e potencia na sua argumentação - estruturalista q. b. - a necessidade de aprendizagem da língua e da linguagem como elemento fundamental para o treino, posterior, da imaginação e para a aprendizagem literária.
O texto é claro que imaginação, aprendizagem e literatura que entrecruzam como elementos constitutivos da fruição do texto enquanto arte.
Centrado especialmente no campo poético, e aí na anglofonia, o autor vai nos fornecendo interessantes pistas para debate posterior, o que torna a leitura agradável.
tjr's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoy Northrop Frye, and I really enjoyed this title. I find the whole notion of mythology and archetypes in literature (and life in general) utterly fascinating and he covers a whole spectrum of ideas in this short book. I really dig the notion that Western Culture is like a palimpsest, with incomplete & leftover messages hidden underneath the newest communication.
I will definitely be re-reading for a long time to come.
I will definitely be re-reading for a long time to come.