archetypal theory

Question 1

main idea

Answer 1

Apart from individual unconscious, focus is on collective conscious
A storehouse of knowledge, experiences and images shared by mankind - a storage for these things called archetypes

Question 2

importance of lens

Answer 2

Literature is a conversation between texts and patterns

Repetition and patterns is due to collective unconscious - all of mankind shares archetypes which causes similar responses (similar myths developed among groups who did not know each other)

Question 3

hero journey myth (12)

Answer 3

Highlights how most stories with a hero in them follow similar patterns (call to adventure, assistance, departure, trials, approach, crisis, treasure, result, return, new life, resolution, status quo)

Question 4

archetype

Answer 4

component used across multiple texts demonstrating a pattern (character, theme, plot, etc.)

Question 5

Jung’s theory:

Answer 5

every individual has a personal conscious and a collective unconscious
Every conscious includes a persona, anima/animus, and The shadow

Question 6

Personal unconscious

Answer 6

an individual’s ideas

Question 7

Collective unconscious

Answer 7

universal images and ideas we hold from birth

Question 8

Persona

Answer 8

the mask put on in public to be favorable or acceptable in society

Question 9

Anima/Animus

Answer 9

“inward” face of one’s personality that represents the other gender

Question 10

The Shadow

Answer 10

the “animal” nature: powerful, instinctive, spontaneous - evil within us

Question 11

Jung’s 12 archetypes

Answer 11

caregiver, creator, explorer, hero, innocent, jester, lover, magician, outlaw, regular (belong here), ruler (exert control), sage (share wisdom)