Nortrop Fraj

Herman Nortrop Fraj (engl. Herman Northrop Frye; Šerbruk, 14. jula 1912. — Toronto, 23. januara 1991), kanadski književni kritičar i teoretičar književnosti, smatra se za jednog od najuticajnijih u XX veku.

Nortrop Fraj
Lični podaci
Datum rođenja	(1912-07-14)14. jul 1912.
Mesto rođenja	Šerbruk, Kvebek, Kanada
Datum smrti	23. januar 1991.(1991-01-23) (78 god.)
Mesto smrti	Toronto, Ontario, Kanada
Porodica
Supružnik	Helen Kemp (1910–1986)
Književni rad
Period	1939–1991
Uticaji od	Đanbatista Viko, Osvald Špengler, Viljem Blejk
Uticao na	Arhetipska književna kritika, Harold Blum, Margaret Atvud
Najvažnija dela	Anatomija kritike Dobro temperovani kritičar Sekularno sveto pismo Biblija i književnost

Biografija

Školovao se u Kanadi i Velikoj Britaniji. Od 1939. je predavao na Koledžu Virdžinija. U Anatomiji kritike (1957), njegovom najuticajnijem delu, Fraj je analizirao različite oblike književne kritike i naglašavao značaj arhetipskih simbola u književnosti. Napisao je niz kritičkih studija.

Bibliografija

• "Zastrašujuća simetrija: studija o Viljemu Blejku", Fearful Symmetry,1947
• "Anatomija kritike", 1957.
• "Dobro temperovani kritičar", 1963.
• "Sekularno sveto pismo", 1976.
• "Veliki kod: Biblija i književnost", 1982.
• "Nortrop Fraj o Šekspiru", 1986.
• " Sabrana dela Nortropa Fraja , je projekat u toku pod uredništvom Alvin A. Lija:
• Fearful Symmetry
• Anatomy of Criticism
• The Educated Imagination
• Fables of Identity
• T. S. Eliot
• The Well-Tempered Critic
• A Natural Perspective: The Development of Shakespearean Comedy and Romance
• The Return of Eden: Five Essays on Milton's Epics
• Fools of Time: Studies in Shakespearean Tragedy
• The Modern Century
• A Study of English Romanticism
• The Stubborn Structure: Essays on Criticism and Society
• The Bush Garden: Essays on the Canadian Imagination
• The Critical Path: An Essay on the Social Context of Literary Criticism
• The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance
• Spiritus Mundi: Essays on Literature, Myth, and Society
• Northrop Frye on Culture and Literature: A Collection of Review Essays
• Creation and Recreation
• The Great Code: The Bible and Literature
• Divisions on a Ground: Essays on Canadian Culture
• The Myth of Deliverance: Reflections on Shakespeare's Problem Comedies
• Harper Handbook to Literature (with Sheridan Baker and George W. Perkins)
• On Education
• No Uncertain Sounds
• Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays
• Words with Power: Being a Second Study of The Bible and Literature
• Reading the World: Selected Writings
• The Double Vision of Language, Nature, Time, and God
• A World in a Grain of Sand: Twenty-Two Interviews with Northrop Frye
• Reflections on the Canadian Literary Imagination: A Selection of Essays by Northrop Frye
• Mythologizing Canada: Essays on the Canadian Literary Imagination
• Northrop Frye on Shakespeare
• Northrop Frye in Conversation (an interview with David Cayley)
• The Eternal Act of Creation
• Collected Works of Northrop Frye
• Northrop Frye on Religion

Ostali doprinosi

• Uredio je petnaest knjiga
• Sastavio je eseje i poglavlja koja se pojavljuju u više od šezdeset knjiga
• Napisao je preko stotinu članaka i mišljenja u naučnim časopisima
• Od 1950. do 1960. godine napisao je godišnji kritički i bibliografski pregled Kanadske poezije u Pisma o Kanadi, za Sveske Univerziteta u Torontu

Spoljašnje veze

• The Northrop Frye Collection at the Victoria University Library at the University of Toronto A comprehensive collection of Northrop Frye's published work, literary manuscripts, correspondence, personal and professional writings, photographs and audiovisual materials.
• Northrop Frye @ 100: an exhibition celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of Northrop Frye’s birth. Selected collection of childhood books and photographs to correspondence, addresses, published works, and awards.
• Nortrop Fraj na sajtu Internet Archive (jezik: engleski)
• An essay on Northrop Frye's life and ideas
• "Questioning Northrop Frye's Adaptation of Vico". An article in Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Spring 2010, Vol. 37:3.
• The Frye Festival. An international literary festival in Moncton, New Brunswick.
• The Educated Imagination Arhivirano na sajtu Wayback Machine (14. oktobar 2013). A blog dedicated to Northrop Frye.
• The Bible and English Literature by Northrop Frye: Full Lectures. Between 1980 and 1981, Prof. Northrop Frye held 25 lectures under the title ‘The Bible and Literature’.