Modes

Tragic~Comic ~Thematic

Mythic deaths of our foundations/forefathers~ gods having fun !the bible/ true depth

Romantic Romeo and Juliet~ My Best Friends Wedding~ Gone with the Wind

High Mimetic Oedipus Rex ~Lysistrata ~Hercules

Low Mimetic my mother died~ the clown tripped ~my life's purpose

Ironic nothing we do matters ~it all comes back to me in the end ~ all we do matters


So when it came time for me to do this diagram of Modes of Fiction and Themes, I thought to myself, " Why don't I just put down the first thing that comes to mind when I think of each one of these and see what happens." I thought the results were outstanding, actually, because I just can't think of any better way to describe some of these. Some of the works I mentioned were Classical Literature, some of the works I mentioned were modern Movies, and some of the things I mentioned never happened, but if they did happen would fit perfectly into the category of choice. I think that Frye would probably have some choice words to say about my word selection for each choice, but since he probably never will, I think it's turned out quite well. Please leave me a comment if I totally screwed something up or didn't get my thought in correctly. Enjoy!