In the second lecture “The Singing School”, of his book The Educated Imagination, Northrop Frye, a well-known and respected literary critic claims literature takes a path of repetitive nature. According to Frye, all literature follows conventions as a result of the fact that the imagination can only on operate in terms of the world it knows. He develops this claim by first illustrating that primitive literature, stories based on kings, magic and gods that correspond to the needs of that particular time, is the basis of all literature. Then Frye changes the topic, explaining how primitive language in embedded in all aspects of society – such as religion, art, and social gatherings- due to the fact that everything is new yet it is almost the
