Presenting the "One Story" Theory

1. THE ONE STORY THEORY
 How is the “One Story” theory important to the study
of literary fiction?
 What is intertextuality?
• allusions, parodies
 Who is Carl Jung and what is an archetype?
• 12 Common Archetypes
 Who is Joseph Campbell & what is the monomyth?
• The Hero’s Journey

2. Delving into the “One Story” Theory
(as addressed in How to Read Literature Like a Professor)

3. Intertextuality
Inter=in/inside
Text= literature
Examples of Intertextuality
http://youtu.be/N3vpFGbudpw

4. Intertextuality comes in the form of:
 ALLUSIONS-subtle/blatant references to other
literary texts
 PARODIES-humorously imitating the original copy

5. The Archetype “Godfather”
 A psychologist who theorized that
the universal, mythic characters
reside within peoples’
unconscious.
 He recognized universal patterns
in all stories and mythologies—
regardless of culture or historical
period.
 First applied the term archetype
to literature.
Nope,
This one,
not this
Godfather…
Carl Jung

6. A Simple Definition…
 an archetype is an original model or type which
other similar things are patterned after
From the Greek roots:
 Archein= original/ old
 Typos= pattern, model, or type
Translates to “original pattern”

7. The 12 Common Archetypes
EGO TYPES
 The Innocent
 The Orphan
 The Hero
 The Caregiver
SOUL TYPES
 The Explorer
 The Rebel
 The Lover
 The Creator
SELF TYPES
 The Jester
 The Sage
 The Magician
 The Rules

8. The Archetype Infograph Project: A Model

9. Joseph Campbell: Monomyth
 Joseph Campbell took Jung’s
ideas and applied them to
world mythologies.
 Mono= one
 HERO= Someone who has
given his or her life to
something bigger than oneself
 Authored A Hero with a
Thousand Faces which refined
the concept of hero and the
hero’s journey
This is George Lucas, you know, the
guy that created Star Wars

10. Some reasons Heros go on a
Journey…
 The quest for identity
 The epic journey to find the promised land/to found the good city
 The quest for vengeance
 The warrior’s journey to save people
 The search for love
 The search of knowledge
 The tragic quest: penance or self-denial
 The fool’s errand
 The quest to rid the land of danger
 The grail quest for human perfection

11. MAP
OF
HERO’S
JOURNEY