| Sumario: | A literary criticism is presented which focuses on literary humanists Northrop Frye and Matthew Arnold. Matthew Arnold was a recurrent figure, if often only as a whipping boy, in the critical debates of the 1980s about deconstruction and other forms of poststructuralist criticism. He was, however, a constant reference point for Northrop Frye in his thinking about education and culture. Frye and Arnold focus on issues of gender and sexuality, postcoloniality, and other forms of identity. However, Arnold and Frye remain of deep relevance whenever one wants to reflect in general terms on the role of the humanities in higher education.
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