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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Bruno Bettelheim"”.
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If you were mine : a novel.
… and Importance of Fairy Tales, psychologist Bruno Bettelheim asserts that ‘giving comfort is one of the purposes of fairy tale’ (62). This essay argues that the message subtly transmitted in many of the best-known fairy tales is of the almost supernatural power of maternal blood. Further, …
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Unicorns Are Not Real and Neither Are You: Peter S. Beagle's Postmodern Fairy Tale
… through the critical lenses of Bruno Bettelheim, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Barth, and Brian McHale. By simultaneously deconstructing and following fairy tale conventions/tropes, <em>The Last Unicorn</em> offers its reader a postmodern story that explores the reality of fiction. The …
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Turbulent Times: Epic Fantasy in Adolescent Literature
… presented by Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Bruno Bettelheim concerning archetypes, the anima/animus concept, the Hero Cycle, and identity development through fairy tales. I argue that there are vital rites of passage missing in Anglo-Saxon culture, and while bibliotherapy cannot replace …
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Transformations: A Folkloric Exploration of the Musical Comedy Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
… themes in the musical, focusing on the works of Bruno Bettelheim and Erich Fromm. In researching fairy tales for their musical, Sondheim and Lapine read several analyses by folklorists and psychologists. They drew mainly from non-folkloristic sources in creating their interpretations. They …
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Taran: An individuated hero for the collective unconscious
… archetypal criticism, but not extensively. Bruno Bettelheim's thoughts are used intermittently throughout the thesis. This study concentrates on Taran's individuation process, the discovery of true selfhood, and his consequent development of a whole psyche.</p>
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Taran: An individuated hero for the collective unconscious
… archetypal criticism, but not extensively. Bruno Bettelheim's thoughts are used intermittently throughout the thesis. This study concentrates on Taran's individuation process, the discovery of true selfhood, and his consequent development of a whole psyche.</p>