1。3 Structures

This thesis consists of six chapters。 Chapter 1 gives an introduction of background, research significance and the outline of this paper。 Chapter 2 presents the literature review of the previous studies。 Chapter 3 provides the archetypal theory。 This chapter focuses on Jung’s Psychology and Archetypal Theory。 Chapter 4 is the main part of this paper and it presents the analysis of the biblical archetypes in the Rainbow, taking the examples of the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, the rainbow and the flood。 Chapter 5 concentrates on the reasons for imbibing and displacing biblical archetypes。 Chapter 6 draws a conclusion on the findings of this study。 In the meanwhile, the suggestions for the further study are also discussed。

Chapter 2 Literature Review

This chapter is mainly about the literature review of the previous studies。 

The thesis “On Biblical Archetypes in D。H。Lawrence’s Major Novels, 2008” by Wu Ronglan from Xiamen University illustrates the archetypal criticism and Biblical archetypes in Lawrence’s major novels。 The archetypes are classified into four types: archetypal themes, archetypal in characterization of females, archetypal in symbols, and archetypal in narrative structure。 

   A thesis “A Biblical Archetypal Study of D。H。Lawrence’s Major Works, 2006” by Jia Haiyan from Shangdong Normal University mainly discusses three archetypal theories and the Biblical archetypes in Lawrence’s major works, so the research extent is broad。 

Wangli from Anhui University, on his thesis “Study on Biblical Archetypal Images in the rainbow, 2013” researches on the archetypal theory and archetypes of the rainbow, the Garden of Eden, water, and the church。 Then he shows the reason for using archetypes and finally directs to the cultural meaning of archetypal criticism。

These theses all include archetypal criticism and 4-6 biblical archetypes。 Their structures are clear。 So in this paper, the main content also contains archetypal criticism and 4 biblical archetypes。 In Jia Haiyan’s thesis, Lawrence’s religion is discussed based on Lawrence’s life experience and his novels。 In this paper, Lawrence’s religion is discussed on the basis of his life experience and the 4 biblical archetypes he uses in the Rainbow。 

Chapter 3 Archetypal Criticism

    Archetypal critism is one of the literature study methods。 And there are mainly three theory sources of archetypal criticism ----James George Frazer’s anthropology theory, Carl Gustav Jung’s psychology and archetypal theory and Northrop Frye’s theory of archetypal criticism。 论文网

3。1 Jung’s Psychology and Archetypal Theory

The main ideas his theory are as follows: 

1。 A word may have many shades of meaning which can delimit the subject conceptually。 But by bringing together cultural and everyday conceptions, a picture can be formed of a “factor” or the kernel of meaning that can be intimated but not defined。 (The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Book)。 Hobson, R。 F。 Journal of Analytical Psychology。 Jul61, Vol。 6 Issue 2, p161-168。 8p。)

2。 Recurrent themes can be distinguished in inpidual psychological material, and in myths, religious imagery, and occult speculations。

3。 Consciousness arises from a preconscious state by a process involving integration of experience in archetypal patterns, any mental representation can be regarded as an archetypal image。 

4。 The collective unconscious is outside space and time and is, therefore, a dimension of the psyche that is transpersonal。(Winnicott on Jung: destruction, creativity and the unrepressed unconscious。 Meredith-Owen, William Journal of Analytical Psychology。 Feb2011, Vol。 56 Issue 1, p56-75。 20p。)