The heart of this class is:
The theory of modes-- historical criticism
The theory of symbols-- ethical criticism
The theory of myths-- archetypal criticism
The theory of genres-- rhetorical criticism
We learned about Vico an 18th Century Italian philosopher. He believed that he entire human race is in decline. If we look at it in relation to the modes our race is in decline according to our literature. Vico's decline of history went from Gods to heroes (things like epics) to men (the language of commerce) to chaos (Words: like, dude, awesome, cool). Right now we are living in the age of men which is quickly becoming the age of chaos... maybe. I don't feel like I should be making a claim like that because I am not sure if I am completely sure of what I am claiming.
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