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Mythological criticism

Mythological criticism. Sierra Cappel , Lunia Oriol , and Kae Moulton. Key information. A mythological critic uses hopes, fears, and expectations set by certain cultures to uncover universal ideas or themes in certain literature.

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Mythological criticism

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  1. Mythological criticism Sierra Cappel, LuniaOriol, and Kae Moulton

  2. Key information • A mythological critic uses hopes, fears, and expectations set by certain cultures to uncover universal ideas or themes in certain literature. • Carl Jung, a psychologist in the 1930’s, to explain that we all share a general subconscious and archetypes are universal • Sir James Frazer studied myth from different cultures and found that stories differ from detail to detail but in substance are the same. • Northrop Frye founded the principal that all literature share a similar pattern. • It has strong connections with social anthropology and psychoanalysis

  3. Key WordS • Fears • Religion (Water, Rising on the third day, the devil, lambs) • Myth (The Odyssey, Gods, Herculean Quest) • Explanation • Human flaws • Colors

  4. The pros and cons STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES • Humans respond instinctively to archetypal elements because we, according to psychologist Carl Jung, are born with a “collective unconscious”, a level below the subconscious where the brain collects and stores archetypes. • The large variety of archetypes all relate to human flaws and experiences • Ignores historical, philosophical, and aesthetic parts of a work • Reduces the work to basic plot and character types

  5. citations • http://www.grossmont.edu/karl.sherlock/English160/Resources/GlossaryDramaLitTerms.htm#MythologicalCriticism • http://www.intech.mnsu.edu/bunkers/archetypal_theory.htm • http://www.lebanon.k12.mo.us/lhs/faculty/croden/archetypes%20and%20archetypal%20criticism.html • http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/archetypal.crit.html • http://prezi.com/upx9b5f-y-y5/archetypal-criticism/

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