Jungian Criticism And Archetypes Analysis

A School of criticism that is draws on Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious
Collective unconscious is a reservoir of experiences and common thoughts that all cultures share

Jung believes that literature is an expression of the main themes of the collective unconscious
Human collective unconscious is populated by instincts and by archetypes
Jung argued that collective unconscious had a profound impact on the lives of individuals
Jung considered collective unconscious to strengthen and surround the unconscious mind, distinguishing it from the personal unconscious of Freudian psychoanalysis

Jungian Criticism

Archetypes

Four major archetypes are

The self

An archetypes that represents the unification of the consciousness and unconsciousness of an individual.
Jung often represented the self as a circle, square.
Creation of the self occurs through a process known as individuation.
Individuation is a procedure in which different aspects of personality are integrated

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The shadow

Part of unconscious mind that is composed of repressed ideas, instincts, desires, weaknesses, and shortcomings
Often described as a darker side of the personality representing chaos, wildness, and the unknown. Jung believed, people sometimes deny this element of their own psyche and project it onto others, While, this latent disposition is present in all of us.
Shadow may appear in dreams or visions or in a variety of forms like snake a muster, or exotic figure etc

The persona

The word “persona” is derived from a Latin word that means “mask”
Not a literal mask
It is how we present ourselves to the world
The persona represents different social masks that people wear among different situations
Persona may appear in dreams and take a number
anima is feminine image in the make psyche

Anima or animus