on charts

By doing the archetype chart I actually got more out of Frye than I normally do. He makes some valid points about the intersecting themes and genres that we find in literature. I didn't quite get how he figures that the entire process comes full circle; that thematic ironic brings us back to tragic mythic. From the descriptions he gives I think they sound completely different. I also think that to fully understand Frye you have to read a lot of mythology because he makes so many references to different mythological stories. I spent as much time wikiing mythological characters as I did actually making my chart. Perhaps my lack of mythological understanding is why I have a hard time agreeing with or caring about most of what Frye says.