What are Frye's four mythoi in Anatomy of Criticism?

Frye's four mythoi correspond to seasons: Comedy (Spring — social integration), Romance (Summer — quest and triumph), Tragedy (Autumn — fall), and Satire/Irony (Winter — disillusionment).

What is Campbell's monomyth?

Campbell's monomyth (The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 1949) identifies a universal three-phase hero's journey — Departure, Initiation, and Return — found across world mythologies.

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Archetypal Criticism — UGC NET MCQs

25 past-paper pattern questions across all 5 UGC NET question types. Covers Jung (collective unconscious, archetypes), Frye (four mythoi, anagogic phase), Campbell (monomyth), Bodkin, and key archetypes in literary analysis.

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Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism (1957) proposes a systematic theory of literature based on:

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