Use Frye’s theory to describe the protagonist’s power in Victor from Frankenstein and Gatsby from The Great Gatsby
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July 23, 2019Use Frye’s theory to describe the protagonist’s power in Victor from Frankenstein and Gatsby from The Great Gatsby
Question Description
Please review Lois Tyson’s chapter on structuralist criticism. https://efford.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/8/3/13833564…
Then, using the structuralist theory of modes developed by Northrop Frye and Robert Scholes, discuss the following works and protagonists:
— Victor from Frankenstein
— Alexandra of O Pioneers
— Gatsby from The Great Gatsby
In particular, for each novel, use Frye’s theory to describe the protagonist’s power (superior in degree to men, but not to their environment, whatever), the fictional mode (romance, high mimesis, etc.), and the character type (hero, leader, whatever).
Then, using the structuralist theory of modes developed by Northrop Frye and Robert Scholes, discuss the following works and protagonists:
— Victor from Frankenstein
— Alexandra of O Pioneers
— Gatsby from The Great Gatsby
In particular, for each novel, use Frye’s theory to describe the protagonist’s power (superior in degree to men, but not to their environment, whatever), the fictional mode (romance, high mimesis, etc.), and the character type (hero, leader, whatever).
