Packet 2: Tossup 9

A Croatian-born critic who worked in this country used the term “novum” for scientifically plausible premises that ground works of science fiction. A theorist of postmodernism from this country coined the term “historiographic metafiction” to describe books like Ragtime. Characters from this country assume four “victim positions” (10[3])according (10[1])to a book that proposes “survival” as the (10[1])central theme of its literature. (10[2])A critic from this country drew on Shakespeare’s comedies to coin the term “Green World” (10[1])and introduced (10[1]-5[1])methods (10[1])of analysis (10[1])based on modes, symbols, (10[1])myths, and genres in a 1957 book. (-5[1])In a literary history of this country, the author of Fearful Symmetry named (10[1])a fear of hostile (10[1])landscapes in it termed “garrison (10[1])mentality.” For 10 points, name this birth country of the author of The Anatomy of Criticism, (10[1])Northrop (10[1])Frye. ■END■ (10[3])

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