Editing Archetype (section)

== Archetypes in literature ==

===Function===
Usage of archetypes in specific pieces of writing is a [[holistic approach]], which can help the writing win universal acceptance. This is because readers can relate to and identify with the characters and the situation, both socially and culturally. By deploying common archetypes contextually, a writer aims to impart realism to their work.<ref>{{cite web|date=2013-08-19|title=Online Literary Device - Archetype Function|url=http://literarydevices.net/archetype/}}</ref> According to many literary critics, archetypes have a standard and recurring depiction in a particular human culture or the whole human race that ultimately lays concrete pillars and can shape the whole structure in a literary work.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garry |first=Jane |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Archetypes_and_Motifs_in_Folklore_and_Li/GikxDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=archetype+in+literature&printsec=frontcover |title=Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook: A Handbook |date=2017-07-05 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-57615-4 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Story archetypes ===
[[Christopher Booker]], author of ''[[The Seven Basic Plots|The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories]]'', argues that the following basic archetypes underlie all stories:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Christopher.|first=Booker|url=https://archive.org/details/sevenbasicplotsw0000book|title=The seven basic plots : why we tell stories|date=2004|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-0826452092|location=London|oclc=57131450|url-access=registration}}</ref>
# Overcoming the Monster
# [[Rags to Riches]]
# The Quest
# Voyage and Return
#[[Comedy]]
#[[Tragedy]]
#[[wikt:rebirth|Rebirth]]

These themes coincide with the characters of Jung's archetypes.

===Literary criticism===
{{Main|Archetypal literary criticism}}

Archetypal literary criticism argues that archetypes determine the form and function of literary works and that a [[text (literary theory)|text]]'s meaning is shaped by [[culture|cultural]] and [[psychology|psychological]] myths. Cultural archetypes are the unknowable basic forms personified or made concrete by recurring [[image]]s, [[symbol]]s, or [[pattern]]s (which may include motifs such as the "[[quest]]" or the "[[Entering heaven alive|heavenly ascent]]"; recognizable character types such as the "[[trickster]]", "[[saint]]", "[[martyr]]" or the "[[hero]]"; symbols such as the apple or the snake; and imagery) and that have all been laden with meaning prior to their inclusion in any particular work.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

The archetypes reveal shared roles universal among societies, such as the role of the mother in her natural relations with all members of the family. These archetypes create a shared imagery which is defined by many stereotypes that have not separated themselves from the traditional, biological, religious, and mythical framework.<ref>
Sbaihat, Ahlam. 2012. "La imagen de la madre en el refranero español y jordano. Estudio de Paremiología comparada." ''España: Sociedad Española de Estudios Literarios de Cultura Popular'', Oceanide 5.
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