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Carl Jung ( ) Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung ( ) believed all myths came from the same elementary ideas "archetypes.“ They are the building blocks not only of the unconscious mind, but of a collective unconscious.TRANSCRIPT
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Archetypal/Mythological Archetypal/Mythological CriticismCriticism
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Universal MythsUniversal Myths
• Native peoples, and indeed whole civilizations, have their own mythologies, but common images, themes and motives are present. These common images are what Jung called archetypes.
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Carl Jung (1875-1961)Carl Jung (1875-1961)Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961) believed all myths came from the same elementary ideas "archetypes.“ They are the building blocks not only of the unconscious mind, but of a collective unconscious.
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Carl JungCarl JungIn other words, Jung believed that everyone in the world is born with the same basic subconscious model of what a "hero" is, or a "mentor" or a "quest."
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Joseph Campbell:Joseph Campbell:Hero with a Thousand FacesHero with a Thousand FacesIn 1949, Joseph Campbell began a revolution in anthropology (the study of people and culture) with his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
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Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)This book built on the pioneering work of German anthropologist Adolph Bastian (1826-1905), who first proposed the idea that myths from all over the world seem to be built from the same "elementary ideas."
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Joseph Campbell and HeroesJoseph Campbell and Heroes
Campbell eloquently argues that all stories are fundamentally the same story, which he named the "Hero's Journey," or the "monomyth."
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Practical Applications of Practical Applications of Campbell’s Archetypes:Campbell’s Archetypes:
• Walt Disney Productions used Campbell’s archetypes of the hero, journey, obstacles, etc. and created a template for a Disney story line. All Disney stories feature a hero who is essentially good, a few obstacles to be surpassed, and a journey towards a certain goal (physical, emotional, or mental).
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ArchetypeArchetype• An original model or type after which
similar things are patterned.• Archetypes can be well-known story
patterns, universal experiences or personality types.
• Myths, fairytales, fictional genres, and cultural heroes are generally archetypal in their use of symbols and metaphors.
• The basic cycles of life and nature are sources of archetypal images and symbols.
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Archetypes from NatureArchetypes from Nature• Water: birth-death-resurrection;
creation; purification and redemption; fertility and growth.
• Rivers: death and rebirth (baptism); the flowing of time into eternity; transitional phases of the life cycle. . . .
• Sun (fire and sky are closely related): creative energy; thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision.– Rising sun: birth, creation, enlightenment.– Setting sun: death.
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Colour ArchetypesColour ArchetypesRed: blood, sacrifice, passion;
disorder.Green: growth, hope, fertility.Blue: highly positive; secure; tranquil;
spiritual purity.Black: darkness, chaos, mystery, the
unknown, death, wisdom, evil, melancholy.
White: light, purity, innocence, timelessness; [negative: death, terror, supernatural]
Yellow: enlightenment, wisdom.