Archetypal use of colour in various photographs and paintings

Presented by: Beenaba Gohil

Paper: literary criticism

Roll no:13

Email id:binagohil1995@gmail.com

What is Archetypal Criticism?

• In literary criticism, term archetype denotes recurrent narratives designs, patterns of action, character-types, themes, and images which are identifiable in a wide variety of works of literature, as well as in myths, dreams, and even social rituals.

• Northrop frye was one of the critic of Archetypal criticism.

Red• blood,

• love

• sacrifice,

• passion;

• disorder.

love

Sacrifice

White

• Light,

• Purity,

• Innocence, timelessness;

Green:

• Growth,

•Hope,

• Fertility

Fertility

Blue

• Highly positive

• Secure

• Tranquil

• Spiritual purity.

Spiritual purity

Yellow• Yellow:

• enlightenment,

• wisdom

Wisdom

Black