Contrapuntal Modes in Northrop Frye's Literary Theory
Pandey, Santosh Kumar
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Book ID : 28944
ISBN-10 : 81-89161-48-2 / 8189161482
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2005
Edition :
Language :
204p., 23 cm.
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Contrapuntal (counterpoints) is basically a musical term, which means combination of two or more independent melodies into a single harmonic texture while each retaining its linear character. The ultimate harmony thus is the result of integration of several binaries. Northrop Frye, likewise, views the mythos (plot) of literature in terms of binary structure of comedy (spring) vs. tragedy (autumn) romance (summer) vs. irony and satire (winter); ands an isolated literary work in terms of divine/demonic, high-mimetic/low-mimetic hero/villan, crime/atonement, garden/forest, inscape/outscape, hevan/hell, redemption/fall, and so on.
