![]() ![]() The sequential narratives present Jungian 'active imagination' in motion through the adult contributions of narrator and artist, illustrating development towards balanced selfhood. The personal shadow and reject the shadow's collective aspects in order to regulate society. ![]() Exploration of the graphic narratives illustrate the ways in which early childhood forms an identification with the shadow, while later childhood and adulthood assimilate This dialogue results in transcendent symbols of interrelationship between the ego and the psyche. Archetypical expressions, such as the shadow and the trickster form the basis of dialogue between the conscious ego and the unconscious Jung's theories of individuation are implemented to investigate the use of light and shadow in the presentation of childhood memory and adult narrative perspective. ![]() This study considers aspects of personality development present in the autobiographical visual narratives of childhood created by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean in the graphic works Violent Cases (1987) and The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. ![]()
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