1. Although the article is in interview format, Northrop Frye nonetheless advances a thesis. What is it? (1 Mark)
Before the ground discussion I believed that the thesis proposed by Northrop Frye was as follows: teachers should focus on teaching students on being articulate because our current practices limit the effectiveness of language. However, an individual in my group believes that Frye was trying to prove that the humanities are the backbone of the human experience (Group discussion, Sept 7). Another individual believed that Frye was arguing that the humanities play a key role in the development of society and without language thinking it is impossible (Group discussion, Sept 7).
2. Outline the similarities Frye see between the sciences and the humanities. (4 mark)
Frye outlines multiple similarities between the sciences and the humanities, he states that they both cover the same topics, he acknowledges that they require the same mental processes, he says that they require the same key skills, and he states that laws and principles exist in both, (Ricker, 2). Through group discussion (Sept 7) additional similarities between science and the humanities were brought to light including the following: the necessity of reason and …show more content…
Ricker states that we learn these skills through all of our interactions with language through a variety of means (P3). He then proceeds to describe the importance of structure for good verbal skills. Ricker believes that Greek and Latin were learned with more structure leading to people with superior verbal skills (P3). It was acknowledged by a peer that there are two main ways to acquire verbal communication skills; formal and informal. Learning verbal communication in an informal way occurs in casual encounters, whereas, formal learning takes place in the form of reading and writing, (Group discussion, Sept
Before the ground discussion I believed that the thesis proposed by Northrop Frye was as follows: teachers should focus on teaching students on being articulate because our current practices limit the effectiveness of language. However, an individual in my group believes that Frye was trying to prove that the humanities are the backbone of the human experience (Group discussion, Sept 7). Another individual believed that Frye was arguing that the humanities play a key role in the development of society and without language thinking it is impossible (Group discussion, Sept 7).
2. Outline the similarities Frye see between the sciences and the humanities. (4 mark)
Frye outlines multiple similarities between the sciences and the humanities, he states that they both cover the same topics, he acknowledges that they require the same mental processes, he says that they require the same key skills, and he states that laws and principles exist in both, (Ricker, 2). Through group discussion (Sept 7) additional similarities between science and the humanities were brought to light including the following: the necessity of reason and …show more content…
Ricker states that we learn these skills through all of our interactions with language through a variety of means (P3). He then proceeds to describe the importance of structure for good verbal skills. Ricker believes that Greek and Latin were learned with more structure leading to people with superior verbal skills (P3). It was acknowledged by a peer that there are two main ways to acquire verbal communication skills; formal and informal. Learning verbal communication in an informal way occurs in casual encounters, whereas, formal learning takes place in the form of reading and writing, (Group discussion, Sept