Why are they alike? Why does one remind you of the other?
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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!) • Why are they alike? • Why does one remind you of the other? Write your answer in complete sentences. Students may 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!
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Bell-workBefore 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!)
• Why are they alike? • Why does one remind you of the other?
Write your answer in complete sentences. Students may reference their book.
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!
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 criticismOR “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.
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
Notes: Archetypal literary criticismOR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in Literature”
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:
• 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
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
Notes: Archetypal literary criticismOR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in Literature”
Classwork: Bridge MapRelating Factor #1 RF #2 RF #3 RF#4
Story 1
Story 3
Story 2
Classwork: Bridge Map Example Mentor Hero Supernatural Aid Villain
LOTR
Harry Potter
Children of Odin
Gandalf Frodo Sting Sauron
Odin Thor (varies) Hammer Giants
Dumbledor Harry Wand Voldemort
A visual analogy:
