EPANDING THE CONTENT OF AN OUTLINE using notes.pptx
One Story Presentation
1. THE ONE STORY THEORY
How is the “One Story” theory important to the study
of literary fiction?
What is intertextuality?
• allusions, parodies
Who is Carl Jung and what is an archetype?
• 12 Common Archetypes
Who is Joseph Campbell & what is the monomyth?
• The Hero’s Journey
2. Delving into the “One Story” Theory
(as addressed in How to Read Literature Like a Professor)
4. Intertextuality comes in the form of:
ALLUSIONS-subtle/blatant references to other
literary texts
PARODIES-humorously imitating the original copy
5. The Archetype “Godfather”
A psychologist who theorized that
the universal, mythic characters
reside within peoples’
unconscious.
He recognized universal patterns
in all stories and mythologies—
regardless of culture or historical
period.
First applied the term archetype
to literature.
Nope,
This one,
not this
Godfather…
Carl Jung
6. A Simple Definition…
an archetype is an original model or type which
other similar things are patterned after
From the Greek roots:
Archein= original/ old
Typos= pattern, model, or type
Translates to “original pattern”
7. The 12 Common Archetypes
EGO TYPES
The Innocent
The Orphan
The Hero
The Caregiver
SOUL TYPES
The Explorer
The Rebel
The Lover
The Creator
SELF TYPES
The Jester
The Sage
The Magician
The Rules
9. Joseph Campbell: Monomyth
Joseph Campbell took Jung’s
ideas and applied them to
world mythologies.
Mono= one
HERO= Someone who has
given his or her life to
something bigger than oneself
Authored A Hero with a
Thousand Faces which refined
the concept of hero and the
hero’s journey
This is George Lucas, you know, the
guy that created Star Wars
10. Some reasons Heros go on a
Journey…
The quest for identity
The epic journey to find the promised land/to found the good city
The quest for vengeance
The warrior’s journey to save people
The search for love
The search of knowledge
The tragic quest: penance or self-denial
The fool’s errand
The quest to rid the land of danger
The grail quest for human perfection