A. ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM
The term archetypal comes from the Greek word arche (beginning) and typos (imprint). But as linguistically, the term arch is an adjective means literally “chief” or “principal” and prefix types that can be meant “highest” or “important.” Walker (2002:17) argued that archetypes are unconscious principles to returning images, symbols, or patterns. Thus statement can be explained that an author when make a literary work sometime inserting implicit meaning that keep in symbols, patterns, or images. Archetypal criticism tries to interpret those symbols.
Archetypal criticism may contain theme such as the mission or the fantastic adventure, recognizable character types such as the trickster or the hero, symbols such as the apple or snake, or images such as crucifixion (as in King Kong, or Bride of Frankenstein). Walker (2002:17) who agreed to Carl Jung theory which stated humankind has a “collective unconscious” which is manifested in dreams, myths and images that we all take over. Thus phrase “collective unconscious” refers to experiences shared by a race or culture. This includes love, religion, death, birth, life, struggle, survival etc. These experiences exist in the subconscious of every individual and are recreated in literary works or in other forms of art. Therefore, Carl Jung called the literature in archetypes perspective as total dream of humankind.
1. Example of Archetypes in Literature
Such as the statement above, the work of archetypes in construct the meaning of symbols, patterns, situations and so on. Below are the example of archetypes in literature:
1) Archetypes in Characters
a. The Hero: He or she is a character who predominantly exhibits goodness and struggles against evil in order to restore harmony and justice to society e.g. Beowulf, Hercules, D’artagnan from “The Three Musketeers” etc.
b. The Mother Figure: Such a character may be represented as Fairy Mother who guides