Three characters in search of an archetype: aspects of the trickster and the flâneur
Abstract
This article examines the relationship between C.G. Jung's notion of the trickster and the Baudelairean concept of the flâneur in the context of three iconic heroes of popular culture - and in doing so explores the similarities between those three figures - Sherlock Holmes (from Conan Doyle's original to Benedict Cumberbatch's contemporary interpretation of the role) and the heroes of the television series House M.D. and Doctor Who. It suggests that by applying these models to these three characters - these eccentric and brilliant and apparently emotionally stunted outcasts - we may discover in these figures greater depths than had at first met the eye.Citation
Charles, A. (2013) 'Three characters in search of an archetype: Aspects of the trickster and the flâneur', The Journal of Popular Television, 1 (1),pp 83-102Publisher
IntellectAdditional Links
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=15006/Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
20469861ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1386/jptv.1.1.83_1