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Bell-work
Before starting your bell-work, please turn
in your homework to the white plastic bin on
the back shelf! (Make sure your name is on
it!)
Compare the similarities of a
character, setting, event, or overall
plot/story from The Children of
Odin to another story you are
familiar with. Be specific in your
details!
• Why are they alike?
• Why does one remind you of the other?
Write your answer in complete sentences. Students may reference their book.
POP QUIZ!
Clear your desk or close your
books/notes!
Review: Archetypes
• Archetypes are patterns!
• We develop/recognize archetypes because of:
– Psychoanalysis
– Anthropology
• As Christians, how do we view or understand
archetypes?
Notes: Archetypal literary criticism
OR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in Literature”
What is archetypal literary criticism?
• Says that archetypes determine the form and
function of literary works.
• A text's meaning is shaped by cultural and
psychological myths.
• Archetypes are the unknowable (aka “mysterious”
or “undefinable”) basic forms presented in repeated
images, symbols, or structures.
Notes: Archetypal literary criticism
OR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in Literature”
Who’s who in Archetypal Literary Criticism:
• Maud Bodkin
– Classical scholar, writer and mythology critic
– Wrote Archetypal Patterns in Poetry
• Applied Jung's theory of the collective unconscious to poetry,
discovering a deep-seated primitive meaning behind recurring
poetic images, symbols, and situations
Who’s who in Archetypal Literary Criticism:
• Northrop Frye
– Canadian Literary Critic
– Categorized his archetypes into comedic and tragic
What kinds of Archetypes are there?
• Some of the main literary archetypes:
–Situational
–Symbolic
–Character
What is a Situational Archetype?
• A given experience that a hero or character
must endure to move from one place in life to
the next
• Actions and events that add to the plot
• A common event seen throughout stories in
many different genres
Symbolic Archetypes
• Serve as a
representation of a
specific person, act,
deed, place or
conflict. They are
easily recognizable
but not as common as
situational
archetypes.
• The Archetypes Include:
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Light vs. Darkness
Water vs. Desert
Heaven vs. Hell
The Magic Weapon
Innate Wisdom vs. Educated
Stupidity
• Haven vs. Wilderness
• Supernatural Intervention
• Fire vs. Ice
Character Archetypes
• A person or being that serves as a
representative of a greater ideal
• Characteristics, actions, abilities, or powers
contribute to the archetype characterization
Notes: Archetypal literary criticism
OR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in
Literature”
Analogy:
• inference that if two or
more things agree with one
another in some respects
they will probably agree in
others
• resemblance in some
particulars between things
otherwise unlike : SIMILARITY
• comparison based on such
resemblance
Classwork: Bridge Map
Relating Factor #1
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
RF #2
RF #3
RF#4
Classwork: Bridge Map Example
Mentor
LOTR
Gandalf
Hero
Supernatural Aid
Villain
Frodo
Sting
Sauron
Children of Odin Odin
Thor (varies)
Hammer
Giants
Harry Potter
Harry
Wand
Dumbledor
Voldemort
A visual analogy: