The Hero's Journey : a Jungian analysis of a documentary film Murderball
Other Title(s)
رحلة البطل : تحليل يونج للفيلم الوثائقي كرة القدم
Author
Source
Journal of Scientific Research in Arts
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 19 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-21, 21 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of Women for Arts Science and Education
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
the disabled athletes’ development towards individuation consists in recognizing and coming to terms with the archetypes that represent different stages in their life-cycle.
The archetypes of the shadow, the wise old man and the mother necessitate a process of harmonization and assimilation that force the athletes to acknowledge their capabilities and to confront their potentialities instead of continually repressing them.
They willingly accept their current positions.
Here, it is worth mentioning that Zupan, has achieved celebrity status.
He says: Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me.
I have an Olympic medal.
I’ve been to so many countries I would never have been, met so many people I would never have met.
I’ve done more in the chair,… than a whole hell of a lot of people who aren’t in chairs.
(Murderball, 2005) In this moment, Zupan has completed the Jungian journey of individuation.
By accepting his own status quo, he finally acquires the ability to transcend the limitations of being human.
This process of individuation acknowledges the presence of a realm of psychic activity within the mind that lies beneath the persona.
This leads to the understanding of dual personalities: the conscious and the unconscious which involves an encounter with the unconscious aspects of the self.
The goal of individuation is to “forge into an indestructible whole, an ‘individual’” (Jung 522), achieving a status of self-hood and embracing all layers of the psyche, including both the positive and negative attributes of each layer.
Individuation became the process by which Jung promoted the idea of becoming a whole and mentally stable individu
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hanafi, Iman Adawi Ahmad. 2018. The Hero's Journey : a Jungian analysis of a documentary film Murderball. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts،Vol. 2018, no. 19, pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-921136
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hanafi, Iman Adawi Ahmad. The Hero's Journey : a Jungian analysis of a documentary film Murderball. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts No. 19 (2018), pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-921136
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hanafi, Iman Adawi Ahmad. The Hero's Journey : a Jungian analysis of a documentary film Murderball. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 19, pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-921136
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 19-21
Record ID
BIM-921136