Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 16 AIL 1530 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Limits of Archetype
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The idea
The glossary notes that many critics hold archetypes to shape a work's structure, which is a claim about a school of criticism rather than a fact about a text. Decision D6 applies: an archetypal reading is a reading, and it is attributed.
In practice
A school of criticism, not a fact.
Where people slip
Attributed, per decision D6.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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