{"id":3353,"date":"2009-09-28T23:20:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T03:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2009-09-28T23:20:07","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T03:20:07","slug":"jonathan-allan-frye-and-complit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2009\/09\/28\/jonathan-allan-frye-and-complit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Allan: Frye and Comp Lit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3355\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/09\/books-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"books\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/09\/books-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/09\/books-1024x967.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note that Northrop Frye was the first chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. He was also one of its great advocates. Recently, Professor Mario J. Valdes spoke about this at the annual Comparative Literature conference at the University of Toronto. Professor Valdes\u2019 lecture can be found here (though it was a lecture about poetry and the Spanish Civil War, Professor Valdes spent the first part of his lecture talking about the history of Comparative Literature at U of T): <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chass.utoronto.ca\/complit\/colloquium08-9.html\">http:\/\/www.chass.utoronto.ca\/complit\/colloquium08-9.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is interesting to note that Northrop Frye was the first chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. He was also one of its great advocates. Recently, Professor Mario J. Valdes spoke about this at the annual Comparative Literature conference at the University of Toronto. 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