By: Sondra, Caroline, and Sam Archetypal By: Sondra, Caroline, and Sam

Definition A collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches Also called Jungian, and can be a Mythological approach too Carl Gustav Jung- believed that a human being is inwardly whole, but that most of us have lost touch with important parts of our selves. Through listening to the messages of our dreams and waking imagination, we can contact and reintegrate our different parts. “Jung concluded that every person has a story, and when derangement occurs, it is because the personal story has been denied or rejected. Healing and integration comes when the person discovers or rediscovers his or her own personal story.” “a symbol, usually an image, which recurs often enough in literature to be recognizable as an element of one’s literary experience as a whole”

History It is believed that archetypes have common symbols amongst a common group of people. “According to the psychologist Carl Jung, mankind possesses a "collective unconscious" that contains these archetypes and that is common to all of humanity. ” Archetypes are commonly functioned within literature

Pros “Provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.” Also it gives the audience the chance to grasp a rarely encountered idea and engage in it.

Cons Literature may become little more than a vehicle for archetypes, and this approach may ignore the "art" of literature. It can often be difficult to identify an archetype within a piece of literature, for the reader may have to seek beyond the text to discover a certain symbol

Blood By: Naomi Shihab Nye In this poem, the author is stating the human way of identifying a person or people: through ethnic groups or a common way of identification. Blood is the archetype describing what humans should perceive in the belief of what is human. All humans share a common characteristic, blood. Often society may forget this common analogy and replace it with a new way of dividing.

Works Cited http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ap/consider/frye/indexfryeov.htm http://wwww.ksu.edu.sa/colleges/art/eng/461-Eng/Literary%20Criticism%20Map.htm http://www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/Jungsum.html