long live dance! assignment 2

One of things that captivated me about Frye's second lecture was the idea that things like religion and cultural beliefs can survive for thousands of years, even though the ideas are outdated, because they have been transformed into literature. His example on page 19 of dances and rituals taking on a dramatic form and developing into a independent drama got me wondering whether or not any of the dances that I perform will be transformed into a play 100 years from now.

The idea that "no human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature" p.19 emphasizes the fact that literature has always been a part of the human society and although we are in a technological age classic literature isn't going anywhere... at least for a while!

I was confused by what Frye meant when he wrote about "primitive literature" p.19. In my mind different types of literature are all complex in their own way and the fact that something can be considered literature means that it is not primitive.