Norse Mythological Archetypal Analysis to The Death of Balder by Johannes Ewald

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10.2991/assehr.k.220110.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The Death of Balder; Norse mythological archetypes; Old Norse mythology

Abstract

Johannes Ewald’s The Death of Balder contains many elements from Old Norse mythology. By using Jungian archetypal theory and Frye’s theory of archetypal literary criticism, this paper examines the representation of Norse mythological archetypes embodied in The Death of Balder. Through an analysis of the characterization and narrative structure in Ewald’s play, the focus is on the correlation between Old Norse mythology and The Death of Balder. A fundamental element of this association is conclusively considered to be the decisive and archetypal role of Old Norse mythology in the composition of the play.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junlin Luo
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - Norse Mythological Archetypal Analysis to The Death of Balder by Johannes Ewald
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 165
EP  - 169
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.032
ID  - Luo2022
ER  -