ABSTRACT

Carl G. Jung brought up the theories of collective unconscious and archetype decades ago and had great influence in many fields of effort. The study of literature is one of them.

Among Jung's four archetypes, Mother archetype is the first and foremost important phenomenon in human psyche. It speaks universal and cross-cultural truth. This truth can be found in Chinese literature, especial in Tang poetry, too. The purpose of this essay is to explore the theme of mother archetype and its related psychological phonomenon, the nostalgia of one's homeland, in T'
ang Poems.

The first part of this essay is devoted to the elaboration of Jung' s theories and their application in the studies of literature, then the focus switches to deal with the presence of nostalgia of one'shomeland in T'ang Poems. Since dream is one of the effects of human unconsciousness, I give a great deal of space in this essay to poems of dreaming homeland. Many poems and the frequency of nostalgia poems being composed are presented in my writing to show the reader the universal truth of human emotions.