The Archetypal Analysis of Yusuf's Dream Based on Semitic Symbols and Myths

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zahra  mohagheghian ¹ (Assistan Professor in Quran and Hadith Studies, Research Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2019-08-04 Accepted : 2019-09-15 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: dream, Yusuf, The Criticism of Archetypal Analysis, Psychological Analysis of the Quran,

Abstract :

One of the most important analytical areas in the study of the literary text of the Holy Qur'an is Archetypal analysis that interprets and explains the contents and concepts of this sacred text in relation to the psychological and cultural structures of its audience. This approach has been mostly influenced by Karl Gustav Jung's theories of the collective unconscious and archetypes, and is regarded as one of the most important approaches in contemporary literary criticism. The purpose of this study is to explore the dream of Yusuf (AS) with the help of this approach and discuss its archetypal angles. The main question in this study is whether the dream of Yusuf (AS) can be studied from the perspective of analytical psychology and the archetypal critique approach, as mentioned in the Qur'an or not; and whether it can be Interpreted and understood why they have been used or not. It is probable that the prostration of the sun and the moon and the stars have been derived from the central core of archeology that can be seen in mythology. If so, what this verse recounts, though it is a dream, reveals the collective spiritual truth of the people of the time of Yusuf (AS).