Way back in the first Voice Module, Pontifus challenged me to apply mythology to Toradora! I am here today to accept that challenge, no matter how many souls I destroy in my mad quest for the perfect explanation. This is definitely exploratory writing, so I have no idea if I’ll arrive at any kind of useful conclusion by the essay’s end, but we’ll just find out, won’t we?
There’s not much introduction to do. Anatomy of Criticism, being a book, continues. Here’s part one of my reading of the first essay, “Historical Criticism: Theory of Modes.” I’ve broken this up into two parts partly because I’m really tired and I’m not sure if I’m processing very well today, and partly because the essay is broken into sections on tragedy and comedy, making my tired-decision easier to make.