Frye deals with Themes of: Ascent ex: mountain, Jacob's Ladder
Descent ex: cave, furnace and other "Chthonic Demisions"
~ Every novel we read has biblical references and/or foundations, direct or indirect
ex: Invisible Man, Absolom Absolom!, Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Sun Also Rises, Jane Eyre, The Infinity of Lists
~ The Priestly writers are best read outloud and with rhythm
We must know these names:
God
Adam & Eve - The Serpent, "And Adam knew his wife" (the relationship between carnal and knowing)
Cain & Able - Agriculture vs Animal
- "Am I my brother's keeper?"
- the different 'marked' interpretations (was it meant to be degrading, or just simpy for identification)
Onan - "spilled his seed upon the ground" - killed for disobeying God's Law
Lamech
Tower of Babel
Noah & the Flood
The Patriarchs - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
The Matriachs - Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah; (12 Children)
Joseph and his brothers
Jacob's ladder is actually a visual of descent and ascent. it's both wrapped into one. Think of a D.N.A.
ReplyDeleteGen. 28 vrs. 12.
"And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it."