antw.re: mddm (ch. 32): twins (rainbow-related)

[Terrance]

Thomas Eckhardt wrote:
> 
> Kai wrote:
> 
> > > While I agree with you on the twin imago concerning Max & Moritz, you'll
> >   have to explain to me the senex & puer-connection here.
> 
> Apart from the texts Kai mentions (I am only familiar with Poenicken's take on GR),
> Frye's near structuralist "Anatomy of Criticism" comes to mind, in which this
> Canadian Jesuit outlines standard or "archetypal" plot structures and character
> constellations for various traditional literary genres. Senex vs. Puer would be one
> of those "archetypal" character constellations.
> 
> The book has been attacked, often for the right reasons, but is still a masterpiece
> of literary criticism, I believe.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> P.S. Or is it "archetypical"?

Yes, and Booth, another masterpiece,  has been discussed quite
frequently as well, so when I typed "applied author" (a Booth term I
have used here perhaps 50 times or so) when I meant to to type "Implied
Author" I thought my error so obvious that I didn't bother to correct
it. That is, I expected that the few who have shown an interest in this
thread would not waste time calling attention to it. 

Now that we have gotten only back to where we started perhaps we can try
again? 

Only if you are really interested, 

T