In this master's thesis, we wish to demonstrate that it is possible to read the history of the human psyche through the fairy tales collected by the Grimm brothers. In order to make such a demonstration, we have consulted the works of Carl Gustav Jung, but also of scholars from various disciplines such as anthropology, mythology, folklore and sociology. In the first chapter we briefly expose the main concepts of the Jungian theory, particularly that of the archetypes. In the second chapter, we present a survey of secondary literature which sheds light on the similarities and contrasts between fairy tales and myths, we enumerate the different theories regarding the origin of tales and we state and discuss interpretative theories similar or opposed to Jung's. In the third chapter we finally propose a Jungian type analysis of three Grimm tales from the Kinder-und Hausmarchen.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.83117 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Levasseur, Isabelle-Luce |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of German Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002209575, proquestno: AAIMR12735, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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