Anatomy of Criticism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_Criticism This is where you can find the example chart of Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism. Here is my interpretation of the same chart. I couldn't get my chart to just copy to my blog. This is the first two columns of the chart. I didn't quite get to the third column.

Tragic
Myth This is the story of the death or fall of a god or god-like being.

Romance This is the “sentimental” story of the passing of a legacy to the next generation.

High Mimetic This is the story of the isolation and eventual fall from his society.

Low Mimetic A story common people can relate to which evokes extreme emotion over the conflict of reality and imagination.

Ironic Murphy’s law. (?)



Comic

Myth “The story of how a hero is accepted by a society of gods” (Frye 43).


Romance The idea of escaping reality and getting back to nature.


High Mimetic The story of a (wo)man who achieves greatness in spite of overwhelming opposition, greatness is recognized.


Low Mimetic Boy wants girl, boy can’t get girl, boy fights for girl, boy gets girl.


Ironic This is the story of the defeat of something considered morally bad or evil by society. “deliverance from the unpleasant” (Frye 46).