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Words of the Japanese Shadow : a study of Jungian archetypes and Japanese role language

In English

Författare

  • Fredrik Westman

Summary, in English

This essay builds upon the theories of role language advocated by Satoshi Kinsui, as well as the archetype theories of Christopher Vogler, Joseph Campbell and Carl Gustav Jung. Kinsui argues that role language styles in Japanese are connected to the characters archetypes described by Vogler, and proceeds to connect three language styles to archetypes. This essay seeks to find common role language tendencies in Shadow characters, the villains of stories. Ten Japanese works of fiction, mostly animated television series, are used as sources for an investigation into the matter. The conclusion drawn is that Shadow characters often speak standard Japanese with a few special characteristics. It is further argued that this is because, as Vogler writes, Shadow characters need to be similar to the Hero, who also often speaks standard Japanese.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Dokumenttyp

Examensarbete för kandidatexamen

Ämne

  • Languages and Literatures

Nyckelord

  • Vogler
  • Kinsui
  • Hero
  • Shadow
  • Role language
  • archetypes

Handledare

  • Lars Larm