In the last
chapter of Frye’s book, “The Recovery of Myth,” he discusses the lack of depth
in modern stories. He states, "The soap operas of radio and
television are addressed primarily to a female audience, and feature a heroine
plunged into the woes typical of so many forms of romance. But while she
continually struggles against a swarm of complications, the decisive polarizing
of romance does not take place. She never quite reaches what I have been
calling the night world, a life so intolerable that it must end either in
tragedy or in a permanent escape. This is particularly so that the story,
along with the financial support of sponsors, can last indefinitely, but there
is another social dimension involved" (Frye 165). It seems to me
that the dimension missing is the heroine’s transformation, and that in
general, we are no longer using stories and the natural world for spiritual
understanding and growth.
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