The Worid Of Archetypal Criticism In Yeats Dramas

《The Countess Cathleen》《The Land of Heat’s Desire》《Cathleen ni Houlihan》《The Death of Cuchulain》and《Purgatory》 get throughout the Yeats’s career, is to understand the writer thought system and the creation theory important fulcrum. This paper combines Yeats 《A Vision》and Frye, Jung and Nietzsche’s theory, using the method of archetypal criticism, from different angles to interpret five plays.Five dramas on the theme and structure not only confirm the complete Yeats 《Vision》 of myths circulating system, also fit the Frye in the 《natomy of Criticism》 from the legend to the irony of the prototype narrative structure. Death never known to specific knowledge, everyone is more or less embody lies deep in the subconscious instinctive fear. Dream is deep unconscious emerge, in archetypal criticism theory, Jung’s "collective unconsciousness" concentrated embodied in dreams. Unconscious theory of literary works can be divided into two forms, psychology and illusion plays the hero both temperance of rational thinking and dedication, there is also a carnival indulgence of perceptual pursue and transcendental experience.Yeats puts his love of hermetic and myths and legends of mystery into the works, according to the theory of Fraser, from witchcraft and religion, sacrifice ritual dates back to ancient drama prototype; And it can be seen religious sin deep imprint, fate, which also indirectly confirms again the cycle theory of Yeats.Yeats gives his drama works strong vitality and complicated and profound connotation, they are the key to the mysterious world view to Yeats, his historical development characters by full bright image. Through the new archetypal criticism Angle reading Yeats’s drama, makes us realize the Yeats forms.this profound thought connotation and great literary value.