<i>1001 Nights</i> with Animus

Demiralp, Seda

doi:10.13169/arabstudquar.43.3.0213

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Author(s): Seda Demiralp

Publication date (Print): 1 July 2021

Journal: Arab Studies Quarterly

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Keywords: 1001 Nights , Jung, psychodynamism, individuation, animus

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This paper provides a Jungian interpretation of the frame story of 1001 Nights. Using a psychodynamic approach, the key characters in the frame story are considered as different pieces of the female psyche during the journey of individuation. This reveals the story's hidden content about inner enemies of the female psyche, such as a tyrannical animus that feeds from an oppressive environment. With a happy ending that represents the union of the ego and the animus, 1001 Nights highlights a path to women's empowerment and social harmony that involves facing inner and outer demons. The essay also argues that with its emphasis on freedoms as a source of individual and social peace, 1001 Nights captures the Zeitgeist of the period from which it emerged, namely 9th-century Abbasid rule, particularly under the reign of Caliph al-Mamun.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50005550

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Title: Arab Studies Quarterly

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ISSN: 0271-3519

ISSN: 2043-6920

Publication date (Print): 1 July 2021

Volume: 43

Issue: 3 ( doiID: 10.13169/arabstudquar.43.issue-3 )

Pages: 213-229

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Keywords: 1001 Nights ,individuation,animus,psychodynamism,Jung

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[1] Azimli, Mehmet. (2016). Tarih Okumalarι. Ankara: Ankara Okumalarι Yayιnlarι.

[2] Akιn, Murat. (2016). “Mu'tezile'nin Günümüzdeki Durumu.” International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies, 2(1), 389-396.

[3] Alf Laila Wa Laila, or Book of the Thousand Nights and One Nights, 4 vols. Ed. W. H. Macnaghten. Calcutta: Thacker, 1839-1842.

[4] Attar, Samar & Fischer, Gerhard. (1991). “Promiscuity, Emancipation, Submission: The Civilizing Process and the Establishment of a Female Model in the Frame Story of 1001 Nights.” Arab Studies Quarterly, 13(3/4), 1-18.

[5] Barth, John. (1972). “Chimera.” Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.

[6] Clinton, Jerome W. (1985). “Madness and Cure in the 1001 Nights.” Studia Islamica, 61, 107-125.

[7] Cori, Jasmin Lee. (2010). The Emotionally Absent Mother. New York, NY: Experiment.

[8] Sharp, Daryl. (1991). C.G. Jung Lexicon: A Primer of Terms and Concepts. Ontario: Inner City Books.

[9] Djebar, Assia. (1987). Ombre Sultane. Paris: J. C. Lattes.

[10] Enderwitz, Susanne. (2004). “Shahrazâd Is One of Us: Practical Narrative, Theoretical Discussion, and Feminist Discourse.” Marvels & Tales, 18(2), 187-200.

[11] Esmer, Yιlmaz. (2002). “Is there an Islamic Civilization?” Comparative Sociology, 1(3–4), 265-298.

[12] Estes, Clarissa P. (1992). Women Who Run with the Wolves. New York: Ballantine Books.

[13] Fish, Steven. (2002). “Islam and Authoritarianism.” World Politics, 55, 4-37.

[14] Garnermann, Jasbinder. (1991). “Rescuing the Feminine: The Problem of the Animus in Women.” Inside Out: Irish Journal for Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, 7 Winter, https://iahip.org/inside-out/issue-7-winter-1991/rescuing-the-feminine%E2%80%A8-the-problem-of-the-animus-%E2%80%A8in-women%E2%80%A8.

[15] Gilette, Douglas and Moore, Robert. (1990). King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine. Harper: San Fransico.

[16] Glathery, James M. (1991). “Fathers and Daughters.” In Fairy Tale Romance: The Grimms, Basile, and Perrault, pp. 87-112. Eds. James M. Glathery. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

[17] Jones, Jennette & Mattoon, Mary Ann. (1989). “Is the Animus Obsolete?” in The Goddess Reawakening. Eds. Shirley Nichols. Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books.

[18] Jung, Carl Gustav. (1981[1959]). The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, edited and translated by Gerhard Adler and R.C Hull. Bollingen Series. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

[19] Karaban, Rosyln. (1992). “Jungs Concept of the Anima/Animus: Enlightening or Frightening?” Pastoral Psychology, 41(1), 39–44.

[20] Malti-Douglas, Fedwa. (1997). “Shahrazad Feminist.” in The Thousand and One Nights in Arabic Literature and Society, 40–55, eds. by Richard C. Hovannisian and Georges Sabagh. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP.

[21] Najmabadi, Afsaneh. (2000). “Reading ‘Wiles of Women’ Stories as Fictions of Masculinities.” in Imagined Masculinities: Male Identity and Culture in the Modern Middle East, 147–168, eds by Mai Ghoussoub and Emma Sinclair-Webb. London: Saqi.

[22] Panttaja, Elisabeth. (1993). “The Poor Girl and the Bad Man: Fairy tales of Feminine Power.” The Kentucky Review, 12(1/2), https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=kentucky-review.

[23] Pleck, Joseph H. (2004). “Men's Power with Women, Other Men, and Society: A Men's Movement Analysis.” in Feminism and Masculinities, 57–68, eds, by Peter F. Murphy. Oxford: Oxford UP.

[24] Sabbah, Fatna A. (1984). Woman in the Muslim Unconscious, Pergamon Press: Elmsford, NY.

[25] Sallis, Eva. (1999). Sheherazade Through the Looking Glass: The Metamorphosis of “The Thousand and One Nights.” Richmond, UK: Curzon.

[26] Shamma, Tarek. (2017). “Women and Slaves.” Marvels & Tales, 31(2), 239–260.

[27] Sharp, Daryl. (2001). Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey. Inner City Books: Toronto.

[28] Shiraev, Eric. (2017). Personality Theories: A Global View. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA.

[29] Telmissany, May. (2000). Dunyazad. London: Saqi Books.