No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from other aspects of life: it's still embedded in religion, magic and social ceremonies.


Talk 2, The Singing School, p. 13 - The Educated Imagination (1963)

Northrop Frye Quotes

No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from...

No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from...

No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from...

No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from...