The essay begins with a discussion of the creative use of categories, which leads, second, to a concern for the critical categorization of discourse. These ideas create the context for assessing Rowland's particular categorization of mythic discourse. The essay concludes with a critique of the essential conservatism of Rowland's attempt to categorize mythic discourse and to guide mythic criticism.
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