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Literary Criticism Canadian

Northrop Frye and the Poetics of Process

by (author) Nella Cotrupi

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2000
Category
Canadian, Books & Reading, Semiotics & Theory
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802081414
    Publish Date
    Dec 2000
    List Price
    $35.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802043160
    Publish Date
    Dec 2000
    List Price
    $59.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442658066
    Publish Date
    Dec 2000
    List Price
    $24.95

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Nella Cotrupi's Northrop Frye and the Poetics of Process sheds a new conceptual light on Frye, successfully bringing him back into the central ring of contemporary critical thought. Challenging the often dismissive view of Frye's work as closed and outdated, Dr. Cotrupi explores the implications of his proposition that the history of criticism may be seen as having two main approaches — literature as "product" and literature as "process." In focusing on Frye's exploration of the process tradition Cotrupi sheds light on the agenda that Frye established for himself, when he noted at the end of Anatomy of Criticism that the reconciliatory task of criticism was to "reforge the broken link between creation and knowledge, art and science, myth and concept."

 

Dr. Cotrupi recontextualizes Frye's thought and shows us how Frye continues to be, not only relevant, but central to a number of the key concerns in the contemporary critical scene. Re-examining Frye's place in the history of critical thought, Dr. Cotrupi builds upon Frye's original vision of the "process" tradition and suggests further directions this exploration may take. Among the current areas of critical engagement which Cotrupi examines are relativism, possible world theory, and postmodernism — making this work of interest not only to Frye scholars, but also to those interested in the debates currently rocking the world of criticism, literature and culture.

About the author

Nella Cotrupi is a lawyer and educator in Toronto.

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