Reading psychological themes Jackdaw Summer Story Based on Jung's process of individuation

Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

Jackdaw Summer by David Almond, is one of the stories that were returned into Persian during the period of increasing children's literature translation in the eighties, a story is about juvenile violence and those impressionable from environment . author by using of different symbols, show the crisis of puberty in adolescence, and by showing contrasts and contradictions provides admission to fictional characters achieve to cognitive maturity with balance.
This study is to show how can be by using the process of individuation Jung and relying on symbolic emphasis, represent the main character's conscious encounter with neglected elements of his unconscious, leads to recognize the identity of the juvenile.
Thus, has been paid to psychological analysis this story.by analyzing archetypes like Shadow, Oldwise and Anima and symbols used in the story,such as knives, snakes, jackdaw and six and… , to be presented the field and Suitable pattern to achieve rebirth and self-knowledge.

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