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An Introduction to Literary Archetypes

An Introduction to Literary Archetypes. Identify the symbols you see here:. Key Intellectual Figures : From Freud to Campbell. http://www.clipartgallery.com/people/historical /historical2.html. http://www.clipartgallery.com/people/historical/historical1.html/.

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An Introduction to Literary Archetypes

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  1. An Introduction to Literary Archetypes Identify the symbols you see here:

  2. Key Intellectual Figures: From Freud to Campbell http://www.clipartgallery.com/people/historical /historical2.html http://www.clipartgallery.com/people/historical/historical1.html/ Joseph Campbell (I bet you thoroughly enjoyed reading my “The Question of Meaning” this week!): 1904-1987 Carl “I Don’t Look Very”Jung (The founder of Analytical Psychology): 1875-1961 Sigmund Freud (AKA “The Father of Psychology”): 1865-1939

  3. Freud was the first person to offer a systematic method of studyingthe unconscious mind. Below is a chart of the human psyche according to Freud: As I brilliantly stated in my 1923 book, The Ego and the Id:“…the ego represents what may be called reason and common sense….” “…the super-ego retains the … influence of authority…in the form of conscience or perhaps of an unconscious sense of guilt…” (Freud The Ego and the Id). Id Superego Ego Another great read is my 1933 New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, in which I explained: “[The id] is the dark, inaccessible part of our personality… striving to bring about the satisfaction of the instinctual needs….”

  4. Freud on Mental Health: In my aforementioned book of 1923, The Ego and the Id, I also claimed that “In a healthy person… the ego is the strongest so that it can satisfy the needs of the id, not upset the superego, and still take into consideration the reality of every situation.  Not an easy job by any means, but if the id gets too strong, impulses and self gratification take over the person's life.  If the superego becomes to strong, the person would be driven by rigid morals, would be judgmental and unbending in his or her interactions with the world.” You need to know this only as it pertains to Jung’s work on the human psyche, and, simply, as an educated person. It’s not on the test though!

  5. Jung’s Revises Freud’s Concept of the Psyche: My brain’s better! It recognized the complexity of the human psyche! Collective Unconscious Anima/Animus Shadow Subconscious Memories Persona Ego You’ll find that the most important part of this diagram as it relates to archetypes is thecollective unconscious.

  6. Explaining Jung’s Psyche: Consciousness The Ego = our true outer selves; consciousness The Persona = the person we present ourselves as to conceal our true natures Collective Unconscious Anima/Animus Shadow Subconscious Memories Persona Ego

  7. Explaining Jung’s Psyche: Personal Unconsciousness Subconscious Memories = suppressed and forgotten memories—these can resurface in the consciousness through involuntary memory The Shadow = consists of repressed animal instincts The Anima (for men)/Animus (for women) = our true inner selves as opposed to our persona Collective Unconscious Anima/Animus Shadow Subconscious Memories Persona Ego

  8. Explaining Jung’s Psyche: Collective Unconsciousness The subconscious awareness of human experiences that predates the individual--our species shares this knowledge Collective Unconscious Anima/Animus Shadow Subconscious Memories Persona Ego

  9. Why the Collective Unconsciousness is Important: To protect innocent new sophomores from my dense prose, I’ll let their lovely English teacher explain this in her own words… The primary pieces of knowledge we share as part of our collective unconscious are called ARCHETYPES! This is why we see the same symbols and characters and situations in the literature from all over the world.

  10. Archetypal Symbols… Just think about how many stories you’ve read that use flowers as symbols of beauty and hope… From: http://clipart.disneysites.com/ http://clipart.disneysites.com/display.php?catID=48

  11. Archetypal Characters… Or an evil figure with an ultimately good heart… From: http://clipart.disneysites.com/imgFullSize2.php?linkID=144

  12. Archetypal Situations… How could you forget the archetypal Hero’s journey which I wrote about so extensively in my 1949 book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces? I know you wrote a whole essay about it in the 9th grade! From: http://clipart.disneysites.com/imgFullSize2.php?linkID=361 From: http://clipart.disneysites.com/imgFullSize2.php?linkID=19

  13. Therefore, we can learn more about humanity and authors’ specific purposes through the study of literary archetypes! • Due ___________: • Read through your “Literary Archetypes” packet • 2. Read “Peach Boy” and annotate it by marking. • all of your observations directly on the paper— • focus on identifying as many archetypes as you • can; return prepared to discuss it. • For _________________: • Print your assigned fairy tale from my website: http://teachers.ausd.net/classlink/viewteacher.ausd?tid=46580 • Stories • “Briar Rose” • “Little Red Cap” • “Rumplestilzchen” • “Snow White” • “The Little Mermaid”

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