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The renowned Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye held a series of radio broadcasts, in which he presents his beliefs of literatures place in the world. In the sixth of his lectures, Frye culminates his study of the relevance of literature in the world. He restates his theme, and expands from "strict critical theory into the wider and more practical aspects of a literal training" (133). He builds on his earlier talks and tries to not only conclude his earlier ideas, but also to introduce a greater understanding of the nature of literature and the imagination.
Frye begins by redefining his audience, or at least who he thinks they are. He tries to dissuade the notion of speaking to his audience as the literary elite. He says he is speaking to the audience as "consumers" (134). He tries to overcome the notion that the studying of literature is not a necessary part of the process of learning to read and write.
He stresses the importance of the imagination and it's appearance in......

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