{"id":14079,"date":"2010-07-19T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T17:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=14079"},"modified":"2010-07-19T13:09:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T17:09:25","slug":"where-ideas-come-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/07\/19\/where-ideas-come-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre for Comparative Literature: Where &#8220;literature, culture, and the imagination itself can flourish&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/col2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14080\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/col2.png\" alt=\"col\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/col2.png 450w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/col2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/acad\/bios\/data\/kortenaar.html\" target=\"_blank\">Neil ten Kortenaar<\/a>, director, Centre for Comparative Literature, University  of Toronto, in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/opinions\/letters-to-the-editor\/july-19-letters-to-the-editor\/article1644090\/\" target=\"_blank\">letter<\/a> to the Editor of the<\/em> Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Northrop Frye lives on. His books continue to inspire readers, scholars of literature and editorial writers. To remember Mr. Frye\u2019s legacy, as the editorial Fearful Anatomy (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/opinions\/editorials\/northrop-fryes-greatest-gift-his-books\/article1643214\/\" target=\"_blank\">July 17<\/a>) does, is one way to honour it.<\/p>\n<p>Another way is to maintain a space where ideas that measure themselves against the world and that seek to be as large as literature, culture and the imagination itself can flourish. Frye himself established such a space at the University of Toronto, and the work of the many graduates from the Centre for Comparative Literature testifies to the value of a space between languages and disciplines, where one can see what they share and appreciate their diversity.<\/p>\n<p>U of T is the premier place for studying comparative literature in Canada, and its degree programs in comparative literature are now at risk. That is the important news item here.<\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil ten Kortenaar, director, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, in a letter to the Editor of the Globe and Mail Northrop Frye lives on. His books continue to inspire readers, scholars of literature and editorial writers. 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