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Key Terms in Jungian Theory: Anima (feminine aspect): the inner feminine part of the male personality or a man's image of a woman. Animus (male aspect): an inner masculine part of the female personality or a woman's image of a man. Archetype: a recurring image, character, narrative pattern, theme, or symbol that has been present in literature from the beginning and that regularly re-appears." Jung views archetypes as primal, ancient images/experience that human beings have inherited. Collective Unconscious: "a
set of primal memories common to the human race, existing below each person's
conscious mind" (Jung) Wikipedia offers a good basic
overview of Carl Jung's theory:
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