Some Archetypal Unnoticed in The Occupation of the Ground of Jean Echenoz

Jung, psycologist and theorist of collective unconscious, believed that in analysing the psychic we could find the mythological motifs present in the unconscious of each individual. These motifs should be discovered through a second psychic system, as it is not developed individually but is inherited and has eternal and universal meanings. Archetypes are the most complete and precise form of these motifs which incarnate in aesthetic and religious symbols. In this paper we will try, through a new interpretation of The Occupation of the Ground, by Jean Echenoz, and by considering Jung’s theory of collective unconscious, to explore some archetypal unnoticed in the hidden layers of the story in order to be an answer to propounded questions.