This article first considers the early American experience of rebirth in a new land and its accompanying mythology of violence, conquest and scapegoating. This is contrasted with an emerging theme of rebirth through relatedness, visible in recent children’s films and in the dreams of individuals. The image of the frontiersman, the European colonists’ earliest hero, contrasts with that of a girl child who melts hardened attitudes through feeling values. These can be seen as a pair of opposites reflecting a resurgent cultural complex. A Jungian perspective can help us trace the movement of the collective psyche in American culture through popular literature, films and dreams.

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动荡时期的希望：对美国文化综合体中重生的渴望

本文首先考虑美国早期在新土地上重生的经历及其伴随的暴力、征服和替罪羊的神话。这与通过相关性重生的新兴主题形成鲜明对比，这在最近的儿童电影和个人梦中可见。作为欧洲殖民者最早的英雄，拓荒者的形象与通过情感价值观化解顽固态度的女童形象形成鲜明对比。这些可以被视为反映复兴的文化情结的一对对立面。荣格的观点可以帮助我们通过通俗文学、电影和梦来追踪美国文化中集体心理的运动。