The Archetype in Peter Shaffer's Drama

ISBN-13: 9783659489716 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 140 str.

Younis Inas

Opis

The book presents an archetypal analysis of the plays of Peter Shaffer (1926- ) according to the theories of the Swiss psychologist Carl Gustave Jung (1875-1961) and the theoretician Northrop Frye (1912-1991). Character types and themes in the selected plays, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973) and Amadeus (1979) are analysed in the light of Jungs "Theory of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious". The book also focuses on the different types of archetypal symbols and their patterns of thought and action in Fryes Anatomy of Criticism (1957). Through this archetypal study, Shaffers plays reflect his attempt to reveal the individuals endeavors to reach reconciliation with both himself and with other individuals in his social milieu.

O autorze

Inas Younis, an assistant lecturer at the English Department, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, an instructor of translation at The American University in Cairo, School of Continuing Education, Arabic and Translation Studies Division, and a freelance translator.