Abstract :
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) was one of the leading literary theorists of
his day, and this article shows the ways in which his theories continue to be relevant
for both the field of literary criticism and elementary classroom education today.
The author, an eminent scholar in the field of children’s literature in her own right
and a student of Northrop Frye, presents her interpretation of his major theories as
they relate to reading and writing pedagogy in the elementary school classroom.
This article articulates some of the key issues developed in the author’s book, The
Child As Critic, which has undergone a number of printings and editions, and which
may well be as close as we get to a handbook for teaching the art of literature, as
Northrop Frye might have written it
