海外英语（上）
海外英語（上）
해외영어（상）
Overseas English
2015年
9期
167-170
,共4页
Archetypal Criticism%Myth%Triangle%Sin%Samsara%Self-Salvation
In the light of the knowledge that literature is the direct mimesis of other literary works and indirect mimesis of myths while film is the direct mimesis of other forms of arts and indirect mimesis of literary works, the present paper extends the feasibili?ty of Northrop Frye’s archetypal theories into the interpretation of films. The film Triangle (2007) is a fascinating and successful thriller characterized by its legion psychological puzzles and enigmatic plots. Through probing into this cliff-hanging film from the perspective of archetypal criticism, focusing on its displaced archetypal structure, motif and image, the paper exposes the“myth”of this film–a metaphorical and symbolical revelation of“sin”“samsara”and“self-salvation”, which in turn, proves that the fun?damental sameness of literature and filmable arts is the literariness derived from archetypal myths.
