O estudo de arquétipos femininos representados nos desenhos animados dos estúdios Disney

Abstract

The present work aims at identifying the archetypes of the goddesses Athena, Artemis, Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Persephone and Aphrodite, in cartoons. Selecting Walt Disney Studios animated feature films "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), "Cinderella" (1950), "Mulan" (1998), "Valente" and "Moana" (2017) and respectively the female protagonists and antagonists. How culture and influence relations between the sexes and how the woman is interpreted in this media and what issues can be raised about it. Fairytales provide numerous symbolic interpretations and are used for cinematic adaptations in animation. From the archetypal concepts used by Jean Shinoda Bolen, The Goddesses and the Woman (1990). It becomes possible to identify the archetypes of goddesses and understand how they act. The concept of archetypes and the collective unconscious are also explained using the archetypes and the unconscious of Carl Jung. Joseph Campbell The hero of a thousand faces (1990) stands out as the basis for understanding the myths and interpreting the hero's journey. There is a need to understand the processes of creating a cartoon, its origin and development with the reference of Lucena Junior. The cartoon is part of the cultural industry, and a major promoter of mass culture. In it, movies gain planetary insight and sell products derived from characters and adventures to the public that consumes the media. In the Walt Disney films, the entertainment magician, there are female representations that show how culture, society sees women, in the collective, a genre put into a character. In some princesses, a princess's sister, a warrior, and the daughter of a village chief. Analyzing each film, the mythology itself, the hero's journey, in this case heroine, did not change. But one can see the dynamic change of the feminine archetypes, their mythological context and their representations.