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Archetypes in Film
archetype
archetype (är´kĬtīp´) [Gr. arch=first, typos=mold], term whose earlier meaning, "original model," or "prototype," has been enlarged by C. G. Jung and by several contemporary literary critics. A Jungian archetype is a thought pattern that finds worldwide parallels, either in cultures (for example, the similarity of the ritual of Holy Communion in Europe with the tecqualo in ancient Mexico) or in individuals (a child's concept of a parent as both heroic and tyrannic, superman and ogre). Jung believed that such archetypal images and ideas reside in the unconscious level of the mind of every human being and are inherited from the ancestors of the race. They form the substance of the collective unconscious. Literary critics such as Northrop Frye and Maud Bodkin use the term archetype interchangeably with the term motif, emphasizing that the role of these elements in great works of literature is to unite readers with otherwise dispersed cultures and eras.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror: Jungian Archetypes in Horror Films
James F. Iaccino. Praeger, 1994
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James F. Iaccino. Praeger, 1994
Jungian Reflections within the Cinema: A Psychological Analysis of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Archetypes
James F. Iaccino. Praeger, 1998
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James F. Iaccino. Praeger, 1998
Literature and Film as Modern Mythology
William K. Ferrell. Praeger, 2000
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William K. Ferrell. Praeger, 2000
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of archetypes in film begins on p. 8
The Margins of Pleasure: Female Monstrosity and Male Paranoia in 'Basic Instinct.'
Deleyto, Celestino. Film Criticism, Vol. 21, No. 3, Spring 1997
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Deleyto, Celestino. Film Criticism, Vol. 21, No. 3, Spring 1997
Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film
Joel W. Martin; Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr. Westview Press, 1995
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Joel W. Martin; Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr. Westview Press, 1995
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 8 "Evolution of 'The New Frontier' in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal Co-optation of the Feminine Archetype"
France in Focus: Film and National Identity
Elizabeth Ezra; Sue Harris. Berg, 2000
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Elizabeth Ezra; Sue Harris. Berg, 2000
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 12 "Beineix's Diva and the French Cultural Unconscious"