This aim of this study is to utilize Les structures anthropologiques de
l'imaginaire created by Gilbert Durand as an analysis frame of the image and
symbolic representation and then, to examine its feasibility how it could be
utilized in the drama therapy process.
Due to the fact that an accurate understanding on various images
expressed by a participant is crucially symbolic information to show the
participant’s inner side, it is an essential point for a participant’s diagnosis, a
design of the drama therapy and therapist treatments in the drama therapy.
This study thus is to analyse participant’s images and to figure out its flow
and frame in the actual work via Les structures anthropologiques de l'imaginaire.
An object of this study is a researcher’s own who participated 9 times drama
therapy from March 9th to June 2nd in 2010.
As a result. this study found that a detail imaginary structure was
progressed in the working process. In overall process, it can be shown that
this study made conflicting images proceed into a synthétique construction to
integrate and develop them.
Throughout the analysis, it can be known that a patient tend to set in an
area of the imaginary and show distorted images, while a sound person is able
to freely explore over the imaginary and suitably express it. As previously
mentioned above, it can be concluded that Les structures anthropologiques de
l'imaginaire created by Gilbert Durand is able to be a systematic approaches
to precisely diagnose participants and come up with a frame of detail
information and an accurate working aim to a therapist in a drama therapy.
The significance of this study includes:
1) To come up with the sematic context basis to precisely understand
human beings beyond the linear and stereotypic territory of previous
psychological theories
2) To offer proof that a methodology of the imaginary, that is only keeping
alive within a literary theory apart from the logical academy areas due to its
being polysemy and dynamic, could be applicable as a treatment in the
psychological area.
3) To verify the effectiveness of the highly imaginary usage process in a
drama activity based on a result from a drama therapy via the Gilbert
Durand’s imaginary structures systematic and logical.