As a reaction to the New Criticism, Frye holds that putting a piece of literature into a larger cultural background would help us to avoid the narrow way of thinking and overcome the tendency to the extreme formalism.

• 与新批评不同的是，弗莱认为将一部文学作品置于一个更大的文化背景之中将有助于我们避免狭隘的思维方式并克服极端形式主义的弊端。