Archetypes in Children Literature:Application of Yung and Lotfabadi Theories to Bohlool Anecdotes (2020)

Archetypes have specific position in children literature and play significant role in decoding their suggestive meanings. This study aims at analyzing the picture book, Bohlool Anecdotes (2020), in order to determine the role of archetypes in self-actualization of children and young adults. This research is conducted by using descriptive-analytic methodology. Analysis of data is made by using SPSS software. Through “Authentic Creative Research Method", the researcher will combine Jung’s theory of “Individualism” with Lotfabadi’s theory of “Religious-Moral Development” for conducting archetypal criticidm of the selected text. The findings indicate that“Sage” among Yungian archetypes and “Humor” within moral teachings have the highest frequencies. To conclude, the familiarity of the painter and writer with children’s world has led into the correct relationship between image and text. For scrutinizing the impacts of archetypes on moral development of the eastern children, it is better to mix the ideas of native psychologists rooted in human nature with the western psychological theories.