Abstract
REFLECTION OF THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE TALE OF EIGHTY EYES IN THE CONTEXT OF ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLISM
The concept of “archetype” developed by Carl Gustav Jung provides frameworks for the psychoanalytic examination of folk narratives. According to Jung, the unconscious has personal and collective layers. The collective unconscious represents a universal mind structure that humanity has carried since primitive times and that forms the source of common experiences and internal images. Archetypes, the most prominent elements of this structure, are patterns that express people’s common fears, desires, contradictions and values in a symbolic language. While examining the effects of archetypes on human psychology, Jung focused on basic archetypes such as “Shadow,” “Supreme Individual,” “Persona,” “Anima/Animus.” These archetypes, which especially manifest themselves in fairy tales, myths and folk stories, reflect the inner worlds, spiritual journeys and psychic transformations of individuals through a universal language. In this regard, Joseph Campbell detailed and systematized these archetypes within the framework of the “separation-initiation-return” stages representing the hero’s journey. Folk narratives are cultural works that reflect the collective unconscious of societies and carry symbolic meanings. Fairy tales, as one of the most prominent examples of this type of narrative, reflect the inner journey of man and psychological phenomena with their archetypal structures. The archetypes in fairy tales contribute to our understanding of psychological phenomena by tracing the traces of the individual and social unconscious. Based on this information, the study analyzed the fairy tale “Eighty Eyes” in Naki Tezel’s work “Turkish Tales”, examined the maturation process of the hero in the context of archetypal symbolism, and determined that the archetypes identified symbolized the hero’s transition from childhood to adulthood.
Keywords
Archetype, Symbolism, Jung, Fairy Tale, Eighty Eyes.