批评的剖析

《批评的剖析》是神话原型批评的巅峰之作。20世纪50年代，加拿大学者弗莱(Northrop Frye)从文化和文学角度对“原型”作进一步深入阐释，发展出一套更加系统完整的原型理论。在书中，他揭示了文学对应于神话的内在结构，试图给予文学批评以独立的地位，使文学批评具有方法论原则和自然科学的连贯性，并多层面地研究了西方文学的原型图式结构。

Foreword Prefatory Statements and Acknowledgments POLEMICAL INTRODUCTION FIRST ESSAY. Historical Criticism： Theory of Modes Fictional Modes： Introduction Tragic Fictional Modes Comic Fictional Modes Thematic Modes SECOND ESSAY. Ethical Criticism： Theory of Symbols Introduction Literal and Descriptive Phases： Symbol as Motif and as Sign Formal Phase： Symbol as Image Mythical Phase： Symbol as Archetype Anagogic Phase： Symbol as Monad THIRD ESSAY. Archetypal Criticism： Theory of Myths Introduction Theory of Archetypal Meaning (1)：Apocalyptic Imagery Theory of Archetypal Meaning (z)：Demonic Imagery Theory of Archetypal Meaning (3)：Analogical Imagery Theory of Mythos： Introduction The Mythos of Spring： Comedy The Mythos of Summer： Romance The Mythos of Autumn： Tragedy The Mythos of Winter： Irony and Satire CONTENTS FOURTH ESSAY. Rhetorical Criticism： Theory of Genres Introduction The Rhythm of Recurrence： Epos The Rhythm of Continuity： Prose The Rhythm of Decorum： Drama The Rhythm of Association： Lyric Specific Forms of Drama Specific Thematic Forms (Lyric and Epos) Specific Continuous Forms (Prose Fiction) Specific Encyclopaedic Forms The Rhetoric of Non-Literary Prose TENTATIVE CONCLUSION NOTES GLOSSARY INDEX