Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Seyyed Hassan Rohani ¹
• Hosseyn Khosravi ²

¹ PhD Student, Persian Literature, Islamic Azad University, Shahr e Kord, Iran

² Associate Proffessor, Faculty of Persian Literature, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Kord, Iran

Abstract

According to Jung, collective unconscious is the valuable reserve of the human being ancestor who shares their contents between different nations and cultures. The collective unconscious contains the most important and influential content, that a person may face in life. The mother archetype is one of the most prominent and influential contents of the collective unconscious which manifests itself in real, virtual and positive or negative forms. While referring to the nature of archetypal criticism, this study discusses mother archetype, then, its virtual manifestations, such as objects, animals and nature as well as its positive and negative aspects are examined in the book "culture of Kerman people". Then, its samples are extracted from the book and the frequency of their usage is shown. Research findings showed that the Kerman fictions are rich in terms of mother archetype and they correspond to Jung’s theories.

Keywords

• Archetype
• Jung
• Kerman fictions
• Mother Archetype
• virtual manifestations

Main Subjects

• Persian Language and Literature