Merritt, Frazer and Merritt, Dennis and Lu, Kevin (2018) A Jungian Interpretation of the Hunger Games: a myth that defines our times. Jung Journal, 12 (3). pp. 26-44. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/19342039.2018.1478558
Merritt, Frazer and Merritt, Dennis and Lu, Kevin (2018) A Jungian Interpretation of the Hunger Games: a myth that defines our times. Jung Journal, 12 (3). pp. 26-44. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/19342039.2018.1478558
Merritt, Frazer and Merritt, Dennis and Lu, Kevin (2018) A Jungian Interpretation of the Hunger Games: a myth that defines our times. Jung Journal, 12 (3). pp. 26-44. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/19342039.2018.1478558
Abstract
C. G. Jung’s literary theories provide insights into the archetypal dynamics behind Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games and help elucidate the trilogy’s astonishing global popularity. President Snow represents a senex archetype whose reign has petrified and is in need of renewal, whereas Katniss represents a feminine hero aligned with the Self. Jung believed myths compensate for the one-sided dominant attitude of an era, and it is plausible The Hunger Games speaks to the present-day danger of an overly powerful senex in the form of big government and corporate power. Published in 2008, the story offers a metaphoric understanding of the deep dissatisfaction with the Bush administration.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | archetype, George W. Bush, feminine, The Hunger Games, C. G. Jung, Jungian, Katniss, myth, President Snow, Senex, Suzanne Collins, visionary art, Marie-Louise von Franz |
Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2017 13:45 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 17:51 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/19630 |