Archetypes in the Harry Potter Novels

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1、ArchetypesintheHarryPotterNovels［Abstract］Inrecentyears，theHarryPotternovelswrittenbyEnglishwriterJ.KRowlinghavenotonlycreatedareadingupsurgeworldwide，butalsoformedanewliteraturephenomenon.Thusithasattractedresearchersallovertheworldtostudyandanalyzethenovels.Inthepreviousresearch，scholarsh

2、avegiventheirattentiontothemythicalfactorandthearchetypalnatureofthenovel，butthestudyandunderstandingofnovelswiththearchetypalcriticaltheoriesproposedbySwissPsychologistCarlGustavJunghavenotbeendevelopedwell.Theanalysisofcontemporarybest-sellingbooksbyusingarchetypaltheoriesallowreaderstoun

3、derstandwheretheechocomesfromwhiletheyareenjoyreadingandhowthearchetypesgeneratedfromhuman’scollectiveunconsciousarereplacedanddistortedundertheculturelinguisticenvironmentinthemodernsociety.CarlJung’sarchetypaltheorieswillbeappliedtotheanalysisofthefourmaincharactersoftheHarryPotternovels．

4、TheyareProfessorAlbusDumbledore，GateKeeperRubeusHagrid，sinisterLordVoldermortandchildheroHarryPotter．ItisconcludedthatbesidesthespiritualandcultureconnotationbroughtbyRowling’soutstandingimagination．Thesuccessoftheworkalsodependsontheeternalcharmofarchetypes．I．IntroductionWithmillionsofcopi

5、esofRowling’sbookinprintworldwide，theHarryPotterphenomenonhastakentheworldbystorm．After75years，TIMEmagazinefinallyfeaturedachildren’sbookonitscover．HowcanHarryPotternovelsbeabletocapturetheheartsofhundredsofmillionsofchildrenandadultsaroundtheworld?Certainlythestorylinesareintruding，theplot

6、isvividlyimaginedandfullofcreation，andthecharacterizationsareengaging．However，thereshouldbesomethingdeeperwaitingforustodig．Isupposeitisthegenerativepowerofarchetypesthatmayexplainwhythestoriesresonatesostronglyamongbothkidsandadultsaroundtheworld．Anarchetypeisanidealizedmodelofaperson，obje

7、ct，orconceptfromwhichsimilarinstancesarederived，copied，patterned，oremulated．［1］81SwissPsychologistCarlJungdefinesarchetypesastheimages，patternsorsymbolsthatarecontainedinthecollectiveunconscious［2］59，whiletheCanadianliterarycriticNorthropFryeexplainsthea