Folk tales depend heavily on archetypes Childrens literature also depends heavily on archetypes and archetypal patterns Archetype 1 An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned a prototype ID: 213324
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Archetypes
Folk tales depend heavily on archetypes
Children’s literature also depends heavily on archetypes and archetypal patterns. Slide2
Archetype
1.
An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype:
"'Frankenstein' . . . 'Dracula' . . . 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' . . . the archetypes that have influenced all subsequent horror stories"
New York Times.
2.
An ideal example of a type; quintessence:
an archetype of the successful entrepreneur.
3.
In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from the past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.Slide3
ArchetypeUniversal patterns
All humans have a collective unconscious of shared experiences (Carl Jung).
Similar stories
Creation myths
Similar characters
Universal patterns of understanding the worldSlide4
Why care about archetypes?
We naturally and easily understand them without much thought.
They are easy to recognize and help us to know what to expect.
So writers/storytellers don’t need to describe or explain these characters or patterns. (Since readers easily understand them, plots can be concise and focus on action.)
Interest is not on the outcome but on how the story is “dressed up.”
Authors dress up old stories by combining them in new ways, changing them to surprise readers, and making the details fit their own views. Slide5
Why Child Lit often depends on Archetypes
Children’s literature depends heavily on archetypes because
They help to keep stories concise and plot driven.
They are comfortably familiar to young people.
They are easy to work with, for both writer and reader. Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9
A summary
Lord of the Night sends Wind on a mission to bring back four musicians who are being kept prisoner by the Sun. He gives Wind three magical objects to help him and on his quest. Wind also receives help from three wise aquatic women. Finally, he succeeds and brings the musicians, who are colors, back to the earth and they bring joy making the world a colorful place. Slide10
Summary of Cinderella
A young woman’s father remarries to a cruel woman who has daughters of her own. This woman and her daughters treat the young woman terribly, like a slave. The young woman endures every hardship with grace. Finally, she is seen for whom she really is, the most beautiful and kind woman in the kingdom and the prince chooses her to be his bride while the sisters are neglected.Slide11
What do these stories have in common?Slide12
Helpless, good people are held like prisoners.
Lord of the night seeking color, is like the King seeking a bride for the prince.
The good people escape and bring joy to others.
They escape through the help of others more than their own wits.
Before escaping they do their jobs well without complaining. They are always good.
The heroes in each story are helped by kind women and a little magic.
There are animal-like helpers in each. Help comes from nature.
They travel by magical transportation.
They escape during the night.
After they escape, the people holding them captive don’t try to get them back, they go along with the new order.
Both stories have a black and white world and a colorful world.
In the end, the captives end up where they were meant to be.
In both “Cinderella” &
Musicians of the Sun
…Slide13
Common characters
the passive good person/people waiting to be rescued.
the wise old woman, mysterious but helpful.
the agent sent on a mission.
the good king/rich man/father/god.
the tyrant who is good underneath.
(Musicians)Slide14
Sets of three(in one story or the other)
Three times going to the ball
Three daughters
Three magical objects to use on the quest
Three women helpersSlide15
Special objects or patterns(in one &/or the other)
Magic objects that help
Music and color are linked together
Magical transportation
Mirror for seeing far away
Birds as spiritual symbolsSlide16
Work in your groups of three or four
Find your group
Give handouts to group members and one to me.
Each presentation is 5-7 minutes
Take notes on similarities during presentations
After all have shared, search hard for any similarities you can find.
The similarities don’t need to be common to all four stories. If they are in two, that’s fine.Slide17
New Groups for folktale presentations
1
Irene Lin
5
Jing
9
Yoko
13
Kiki
Ken
Janet
Janice
Irene Li
Grape
Emily
Monica Hsu
Easter
Sandy Ho
Carmen
Sandy Lin
Zona
2
Shelly
6
Shirley
10
Wendy
14
Doria
Irene Cheng
Kira
Sherry
Sharon Pei
Danny
Catherine
Liou
Raphael
Sandy Wang
Nina Yeh
Lydia
Andy
Eric
Monica Ho
3
Helen
7
Vicky
11
Cheryl
John
Sandra
Candice
Cindy
Victoria
Catherine Chiu
Coco
Lisa
Anne Ku
4
Betty
8
Alice
12
Vivian
Chris
Tommy
Patty
Ben Lin
Jessie Lin
Sunny
Eleen
Christine
Jimmy
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Do these in your groups
Take notes on similarities during presentations
After all have shared, search diligently for any similarities you can find. These things don’t need to be exactly the same, as long as you kind find any little bit that is similar.
Are any of the
characters
similar in any way?
Are there any similarities in the
plot
(what happens)?
Are there any similar
objects
?
I will ask each group to report briefly on similarities you found.
Tell the names of the stories.
Share one or two similarities briefly.