Why are they alike? Why does one remind you of the other?

1. Bell-workBefore starting your bell-work, please turn in your homework to the white plastic bin on the back shelf!(Make sure your name is on it!) Compare the similarities of a character, setting, event, or overall plot/story from The Children of Odin to another story you are familiar with. Be specific in your details! Why are they alike? Why does one remind you of the other? Write your answer in complete sentences. Students may reference their book.

2. POP QUIZ!Clear your desk or close your books/notes!

3. Review: Archetypes • Archetypes are patterns! • We develop/recognize archetypes because of: • Psychoanalysis • Anthropology • As Christians, how do we view or understand archetypes?

4. Notes: Archetypal literary criticismOR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in Literature” What is archetypal literary criticism? • Says that archetypes determine the form and function of literary works. • Atext's meaning is shaped by cultural and psychological myths. • Archetypes are the unknowable (aka “mysterious” or “undefinable”)basic forms presented in repeated images, symbols, or structures.

5. Notes: Archetypal literary criticismOR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in Literature” Who’s who in Archetypal Literary Criticism: • Maud Bodkin • Classical scholar, writer and mythology critic • Wrote Archetypal Patterns in Poetry • Applied Jung's theory of the collective unconscious to poetry, discovering a deep-seated primitive meaning behind recurring poetic images, symbols, and situations

6. Who’s who in Archetypal Literary Criticism: • Northrop Frye • Canadian Literary Critic • Categorized his archetypes into comedic and tragic

7. What kinds of Archetypes are there? • Some of the main literary archetypes: • Situational • Symbolic • Character

8. What is a Situational Archetype? • A given experience that a hero or character must endure to move from one place in life to the next • Actions and events that add to the plot • A common event seen throughout stories in many different genres

9. Serve as a representation of a specific person, act, deed, place or conflict. They are easily recognizable but not as common as situational archetypes. The Archetypes Include: Light vs. Darkness Water vs. Desert Heaven vs. Hell The Magic Weapon Innate Wisdom vs. Educated Stupidity Haven vs. Wilderness Supernatural Intervention Fire vs. Ice Symbolic Archetypes

10. Character Archetypes • A person or being that serves as a representative of a greater ideal • Characteristics, actions, abilities, or powers contribute to the archetype characterization

11. Notes: Archetypal literary criticismOR “Identifying and Examining Patterns in Literature” Analogy: • inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others • resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike :similarity • comparison based on such resemblance

12. Classwork: Bridge Map Relating Factor #1 RF #2 RF #3 RF#4 Story 1 Story 2 Story 3

13. Classwork: Bridge Map Example Mentor Hero Supernatural Aid Villain LOTR Gandalf Frodo Sting Sauron Odin Thor (varies) Hammer Giants Children of Odin Harry Potter Dumbledor Harry Wand Voldemort

14. A visual analogy: