Jungian Psychology - Ms：荣格心理学硕士. Bistolas English.pptx

Why study psychology in English Class? Hint: it ’ s not because in her subconscious, your teacher wants you to suffer. ? Jung offers literary critics a lot to think about as they read the psychological experiences of characters in literature. ? We ’ ll get to his concept of archetypes , which has literary roots as well as implications for our reading ? Perhaps most importantly for our study of Fifth Business, Robertson Davies held a lifelong interest for Jung ’ s work. There are many parallels between Davies ’ fictional characters and Jung ’ s concepts of the self. Jungian Psychology Carl Jung was a psychologist trained by Sigmund Freud, but veered off from aspects of Freud ’ s teachings to form his own school of psychology. What do you know about Freud? Make a list... Differences with Freud ? Freud believed that we have a conscious and an unconscious, and that like an iceberg, there ’ s way more beneath the surface than above it. ? Freud believed that we need to understand and know our UNCONSCIOUS – the drives that guide our thoughts and actions that we do not perceive on the surface, but that guide us and reveal themselves in unconscious ways like dreams ? Specifically, Jung differed with Freud ’ s insistence on infantile sexuality (he thought Freud placed too much emphasis on sex) ? They differed as well on the method of therapy and their concept of the soul ? Jung believes that the soul is mysterious... This idea is important in Fifth Business, so we ’ ll discuss it later... Oedipus – the myth: In Greek mythology, Oedipus is the man who was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. He was a good guy, but because did not know his identity, he took the wrong path in life. Once on that path, heroic characteristics couldn ’ t help him to escape his fate... 5 Effect of not knowing your identity and therefore being on the wrong path in your life: Freud: the plex Freud believed that all children go through an Oedipal phase