"Anima" And "Animus" Prototype Theory Put Forward By Carl Jung

Analytic psychology master Carl Jung of Switzerland, do research deeper and further based on the Freud’s subconsciousness theory. Theory of the collective unconscious and prototype theory advanced by Carl Jung attracted wide attention of academic circles. But the anima and animus prototype theory is a blind spot in the study. Freud had researched the children’s double gender psychology and put forward the famous "Oedipus complex" and "elegtrafford complex" theory. Social scientists explore the reason of gender inequality from the view of social culture. Anthropologists research the gender relations in the human society and the marriage system from the perspective of human origin and culture. Western feminism literary critic Woolf Put forward "androgyny" writing theory In the paper of’a room of my own".She interpretated the sexual harmony concept from the view of literary criticism. Anima and animus prototype theory and subconsciousness theory of psychoanalysis psychology and personality structure theory of analytic psychology, gender temperament of research in sociology, gender culture and the marriage system in anthropology, androgyny theory advocates by feminists,and all kinds of literature and art theory Join in together. From the perspective of gender criticism to research this theory has gender values,which exceed the psychology of psychoanalysis connotation and meaning. Anima and animus prototype theory research from the point of psychological though, has profound significance to sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and feminism criticism.The paper try to research Anima and animus prototype theory with the method of interdisciplinary in order to study the gender theory of theory of Jung which ignored by academia.Paper is divided into six chapters. The first chapter research the social background and context of the collective unconscious and prototype theory produced. Carl Jung’s collective unconscious and prototype theory deeply rooted in reality of the world crisis and be affected by academic trend and research of psychology. Spirit pathology, philosophy, Anthropology, cultural studies and sociology. The second chapter research the meaning of anima and animus prototype, respectively from two aspect of the connotation and extension. Paper research anima and animus prototype theory mainly includes two aspects. The first plane is the expression by Carl Jung to anima and animus prototype theory. Another plane is the sex connotation explanation from the view of gender temperament and gender complementary. Jung believed that "anima" is the feminine psychological aspects in the mind of a man and "animus"is the masculine psychological aspects in the mind of a women. Although social culture construct out feminine and masculine, but the psychological of men and women is not opposed but complementary. Paper research the extension meaning of anima and animus prototype theory mainly from three aspects,including Freud’s children’s double the psychological research, Carl Jung’s personality mask theory, Gay culture, DanMei culture and the queer theory. The third chapter research constitute of anima and animus prototype theory, respectively from the three aspects of the elements, dynamic mechanism, and the expression. The fourth chapter research the theory basis of anima and animus prototype theory, respectively from the three aspects of personality structure dynamics,androgyny ancestor worship god and plant worship ceremony and marriage relationship of primitive clan. The fifth chapter research anima and animus prototype theory and feminist theory, anima and animus prototype theory emphasis on psychological complementary between the sexes in order to pursuit the integrity of the personality. Feminism criticism scholars such as West Woolf, Ella Lana west Sue and The red Greg, put forward the theory of androgyny focus on gender inequality of social reality. Feminism criticism to gender realized the change from feminine to gender,from gender against to both sexes complementary and harmony. The gender connotation and significance of anima and animus prototype theory has internal consistency with feminism criticism to sex. Chapter6introduced the methods of archetypal criticism of Fletcher,research anima and animus prototype in the practice of literature and art criticism, respectively from three aspects of male feminine phenomenon, the gender role replacement in drama art, modelling naked art in the art. The research of both sexes complementary and harmony mening of anima and animus prototype theory,not only has important theoretical significance to the feminism, literature and art criticism, anthropology and sociology, but also have important practical significance to the relationship between men and women.