User:UvaBe: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
<h2>Archetypes ( universal character types ) in literature and art</h2> |
<h2>Archetypes ( universal character types ) in literature and art</h2> |
||
An archetype is a universal character that is defined by the role it plays in the story and/or theme in art. The most common type of lead character in action cinema and main character in comics for example is the [[hero]]. The [[superhero]] is a subtype of the hero archetype. What makes the hero character an archetype is its' universal appearance throughout the history of literature and the role hero plays in the story not his or her physical characteristics. With a good plot twist the hero can become the [[fool]] and the [[villain]] can be the [[damsel in distress]] and the [[fairy godmother]] can be [[the trickster]]. |
An archetype is a universal character that is defined by the role it plays in the story and/or theme in art. The most common type of lead character in action cinema and main character in comics for example is the [[hero]]. The [[superhero]] is a subtype of the hero archetype. What makes the hero character an archetype is its' universal appearance throughout the history of literature and the role the hero plays in the story, not his or her physical characteristics. With a good plot twist the hero can become the [[fool]] and the [[villain]] can be the [[damsel in distress]] and the [[fairy godmother]] can be [[the trickster]]. |
||
<p> |
|||
Quite a few artists, writers and scholars have built color wheels or systems for defining archetypes. [[William Butler Yeats]] completed an automatic writing with his wife (Georgie) Hyde-Lees. This book [[A_Vision]] is many things but it contains and interesting mapping of 28 archetypes by these characters' will and fate. |
|||
Revision as of 05:43, 2 March 2008
UvaBe
I'm interested in some articles about fiction writing. Specifically archetypes, universal characters, and how they relate to themes and genres in literature and art.
Archetype
Genre
Theme (literature)
Theme (arts)
There seems to be adequate articles in Wikipedia, so far I've just made a research list here, or working draft.
Archetypes ( universal character types ) in literature and art
An archetype is a universal character that is defined by the role it plays in the story and/or theme in art. The most common type of lead character in action cinema and main character in comics for example is the hero. The superhero is a subtype of the hero archetype. What makes the hero character an archetype is its' universal appearance throughout the history of literature and the role the hero plays in the story, not his or her physical characteristics. With a good plot twist the hero can become the fool and the villain can be the damsel in distress and the fairy godmother can be the trickster.
Quite a few artists, writers and scholars have built color wheels or systems for defining archetypes. William Butler Yeats completed an automatic writing with his wife (Georgie) Hyde-Lees. This book A_Vision is many things but it contains and interesting mapping of 28 archetypes by these characters' will and fate.