My introduction to Northrop Frye was captivating, yet I found it problematic to absorb all the information I was being given. While reading Frye's modes chapter at the beginning of the semester I was inquisitive to see if a majority of the class was in my position also. Thankfull, some were and still are as we move have just moved through "The Theory of Symbols".
I was overwhelmed with how much I did not know when reading the "Theory of Modes"- that was until Dr. Sexson gave us the much needed advice of "Do not pay attention to what you don't understand, but rather what you do understand". So I was determined that in the whole entire chapter, there had to be at least one thing that made sense to me or that I could at least attempt to make sense of.
"New comedy normally presents an erotic intrigue between a young man and a young woman which is blocked by some kind of opposition, usually paternal, and resolved by a twist in the plot which is the comic of Aristotle's 'discovery'..."
-I found some sort of connection to this passage of Frye's in "Anatomy of Criticism"
because it reminded me of so many romantic comedies or romantic dramas in the
theaters that I have been a sucker to go see. The boy and girl fall in love, but are kept
from each other because their parents hate the other one or vice versa...am I on the right
track here?
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