"The reason is that you're not a genuine primitive: your imagination couldn't operate on such a world except in terms of the world you know". p18
I do not understand this line. I have an idea of what Mr. Frye means, but it is not clear. My first take on it, is that Mr. Frye is saying that if we did not have liturature my imagination would not blend with the world I know... If that is what he is saying, I do not agree with Mr. Frye, I think that is a very bias way of looking at it.
Herc
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Assignment 1
“One person by himself is not a complete human being…” (p.6)
I would have to agree with Northrop Frye. My personal thinking of what Mr. Frye means is, one person who does not go outside the box or think outside the box is not living the human experience. We were not made to be perfect; to be a human being in my thought is that you would have to go through happiness, sorrow, love and hate. All the things that make your character and how you act.
The general opinion I have, is that if you were by yourself you would not get the emotional feedback from a wall then another person. You need other humans around you to become a "human being".
Herc
I would have to agree with Northrop Frye. My personal thinking of what Mr. Frye means is, one person who does not go outside the box or think outside the box is not living the human experience. We were not made to be perfect; to be a human being in my thought is that you would have to go through happiness, sorrow, love and hate. All the things that make your character and how you act.
The general opinion I have, is that if you were by yourself you would not get the emotional feedback from a wall then another person. You need other humans around you to become a "human being".
Herc
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