摘要
英国女作家罗琳创作的《哈利•波特》系列自1997年6月30日发行以来，在世界范围内获得了巨大的成功，受到广大读者的推崇。本文主要应用荣格的原型理论，英语论文，英语毕业论文，从更为宏观的角度解读著作中的双重世界(结构设置)、原型人物(原型意象)和英雄原型(原型主题)，略论这一现代童话的鲜明原型特征。
关键词：《哈利•波特》；原型；双重世界；英雄原型
Abstract
The series novel Harry Potter created by English woman writer Rowling, was a great success in the worldwide and respected by the readers since it was issued on June 30, 1997. This paper mainly used Jung’s archetypal theory to give an interpretation of works from the more macro perspective. It analyzes clearly archetypal characteristic from the archetypal characters (archetypal images), hero archetype (archetypal subject) and dual worlds (structure establishment of the work).
Key words: Harry Potter; archetype; dual worlds; hero archetype
1. Introduction
Harry potter series is composed of seven books. Each book tells his growth experience from the age of eleven to seventeenth of the protagonist. They are Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Harry Potter is the hero in the story. When he was a baby, his parents were both killed by Lord Voldemort, the dark sorcerer. From then on, as an orphan, Harry had to live with his relatives. However, on his eleventh birthday, a letter sent by an owl proclaimed him his real identity, and his life had changed ever since. He was admitted into a magic school Hogwarts for learning witchcraft and wizardry. At school, Harry made friends with Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. After getting through all kinds of trials, Harry had finally realized his talent and finished the mission of the sublime under the complicated guardianship of the adult characters.
How can Harry Potter novels catch the hearts of millions of children and adults around the world? There must be something deeper waiting for us to dig. I suppose it is the archetypes behind that may explain why the stories resonate so mightily among both children and adults. |
