诺思罗普·弗莱的修辞批评理论

诺思罗普·弗莱习惯被人们看成是神话原型批评的代表人物，实际上他的理论成就远远超出这一范围，修辞批评，也是他非常重视的一种批评理论与方法。弗莱对修辞的理解，已远超出修辞技巧的领域，他把修辞看成是文学话语的根本特征，看成是文学与社会交流对话，作者与读者沟通的重要手段。弗莱的修辞理论有两个重点，一是对隐喻的重视，一是文类的修辞研究，它对西方现代文学理论有关文学语言、文学类型的认识产生了重要的影响。

Northrop Frye's Theory on the Rhetorical Criticism

Northrop Frye used to be regarded as the representative of myth and archetypal criticism. In fact, his theoretical achievements go far beyond this range. Rhetorical Criticism is also a kind of critical theory and method to which he attaches great importance .Frye''s understanding of rhetoric has greatly surpassed the field of rhetoric skills.He insists that the rhetoric is the fundamental characteristics of the literary discourse and the important means of communication between Literature and society ,authors and readers. There are two main points in his rhetoric theory: one is the stress on metaphor, the other is the rhetorical research about genre,it has had a significant impact on the understanding of the literary language and literary type of western modern literature theory .