ENGLISH 202

At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:

define what is archetypal
approach;

value the importance of

archetypal approach in a literary
piece; and

critique a literary work using

archetypal literary approach.
MECHANICS:
Think of anything that symbolizes you as a person.
The LAST LETTER of the word given by the person
before you will be the FIRST LETTER of the word
you will give.
You are only given 3 seconds to think.
Direction: Based on your prior knowledge, give your
interpretations in each pictures. Select 1 representative to share
your work.
Archetypal approach argues that
archetypes determine the form and
function of literary works, that a text's
meaning is shaped by cultural and
psychological myths.
 An archetype is a model image, personage, or
theme that recurs in stories throughout history and
literature.

In literature, characters, images, and themes that

symbolically embody universal meanings and basic
human experiences, regardless of when or where
they live, are considered archetypes.
Psychologist Carl Gustav Jung
theorized that humans have a
"collective unconscious" made up of
experiences and ideas that we inherit
from our ancestors.
- is made up of a collection of knowledge
and imagery that every person is born
with and is shared by all human beings
due to ancestral experience.

Carl Jung was born on July 26, 1875, in the small Swiss
village of Kessewil.

His father was Paul Jung, a country parson, and his

mother was Emilie Preiswerk Jung.

He has a long interest in language and literature and he

study medicine at the University of Basel:
a neurologist turned psychologist.
Characters

Situations

Symbols
Lover: character guided by emotion and
passion of the heart.
Hero: protagonist that rises to a challenge.
Outlaw: character that is rebellious or
outside societal conventions or demands.
Caregiver: supportive character that often
sacrifices for others.
Explorer: character that is driven to explore
the unknown and beyond boundaries.
Sage: character with wisdom, knowledge, or
mentor qualities.
The hero's journey
Rags to riches
Journey to the underworld
Overcoming the monster
Boy meets girl
Lost love
Water - a symbol of life, cleansing, and
rebirth- represents the mystery of creation

Sun - represents energy, creativity, wisdom,

spiritual vision, the passing of time, and life.
 COLORS
Red - love, sacrifice, hate, evil, anger, violent passion,
sin, blood
Green - birth/death, fertility, luck, hope, jealousy,
decay, greed
Blue - sadness, spiritual purity, truth
Black - power, doom, death, darkness, mystery,
unconscious evil
White - purity, innocence, death
 ANIMALS

Snake (serpent, worm) - evil, corruption,

sensuality, destruction, temptation
Dark-colored bird (raven, hawk) - death, hate,
selfishness
Light-colored bird (dove) - peace, love, life
 NUMBERS

Three (3) - represents unity, spiritual

awareness, and light
Four (4) - cycle of life, (earth, water, fire, air)
nature
Seven (7) - unity between 3 and 4, completion
and perfect order


Help the students of literature to unravel the

meaning of the literature we read.
Archetypal images and story patterns
encourage readers to participate ritualistically.
 Provides a universalistic approach to literature and
identifies a reason why certain literature may survive
the test of time.
It helps us realize what the author is trying to show
through characters, symbols, settings, etc... and to pick
up on the common threads throughout literature.
 A reader may start to look to far into the text to find
archetypes.
It puts literature into categories that make works seem
less original.
Archetypal criticism tends to take attention away from
the history of the literature and downplays the
creativity of the author.
Direction: Criticize a poem entitled, "The Little Black
Boy" by William Blake using Archetypal approach.
Direction: Research a story and write your own
interpretation out of it. Put it in an A4 bond paper.