Morality - Representations of Evil
Archetypes of Villains
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-most-villains-in-fairy-tales-women list of villain archetypes for writers
https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/09/13/the-psychology-superheroes-and-villains/43ukfWyuIHdeOKC5wv8P9M/story.html heros vs villains
Interesting analysis of reactions to different archetypes http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/6938/volumes/v16/NA-16
Archetypes and child developmentHaven’t looked at this properly. Ask for more later when you know how you want to use idea of archetypes.
Wikipaedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypes references some useful theorists Levi-Strauss ('the structure of primitive thoughts is present in our minds' – this book looks good https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PfONDUC27BoC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=levi+strauss+archetypes+evil&source=bl&ots=hj5fO_GXvC&sig=qLaHbmWJCANJMKi6CjjVu23PoVE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-2uPygK3JAhVh6aYKHZR5CusQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=levi%20strauss%20archetypes%20evil&f=false ), Charles Darwin ( "social instincts") Piaget ( 'schemata' which are innate and underpin perceptuo-motor activity and the acquisition of knowledge, and are able to draw the perceived environment into their orbit”)
http://phys.org/news/2010-05-psychologists-babies-wrong-months.html this study of morailty in pre-lingual babies might be worth following up
What Kids Buy and Why: The Psychology of Marketing to Kids By Daniel Acuff is on google Books. It has some really good analyses of child development. I did a search for “evil” and found some good bits. If you like it, look in Trove to see which local library has it.
https://prezi.com/tggwf2qhquik/the-psychological-impact-of-cartoons-on-children/ has a few good points
[http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/54th/FCDC_TVMM_Final_Report.pdf] Includes chapter on violence (may not be rel;event for you…)
Drawing Villainshttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2151185/The-reason-cartoon-villains-dastardly-Their-pointy-chins-make-feel-threatened--just-like-angry-face.html pointy chins
http://listverse.com/2012/11/22/top-10-ways-disney-corrupts-children/ what’s wrong with disney
disability touched on from your angle in this article: http://cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/718/624
And because I couldn’t resist – here’s the crazy Christian reading of Disney Films! http://consciousreporter.com/cultural-conditioning/disney-making-evil-look-good/
Villains from a writer’s perspective http://bigthink.com/against-the-new-taboo/creating-better-villains-part-1
Film Critiqueshttp://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/popcult/handouts/wenkeric.htm ON ACCENTS and archetypical roles – a different dimension you may not wish to explore but has adaptable concepts
Vader, Voldemort and Other Villains: Essays on Evil in Popular Media edited by Jamey Heit chapters 1 & 5 sound good but book’s not in any Aussie libraries. Check google books for part of Ch 1. Worth ordering?
Selection of films used by uni psychology course http://teachpsych.org/resources/Documents/otrp/resources/nelson06.pdf
Honours thesis on exactly your topic, film-wise http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=etd_hon_theses
http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2008/2008tonnt.pdf Same thing on Gender – not your topioc, but have a look at her methodology
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/7022365_Demonizing_in_Childrens_Television_Cartoons_and_Disney_Animated_Films also on-topic, but you have to login to read it. Use a fake identity – they likely sell your details…
NB: The Psychology theses are particularly useful because they have great bibliographies for fololow up!
An idea: Why not pick, for an adult film something like Dexter or Breaking Bad and talk about how “evil” is presented as entertaining and the antihero as someone to be understood and even admired!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-heroes-and-villains/201310/necessary-evil-documentary-exploring-super-villainy
http://psychologycorner.com/10-psychological-reasons-why-we-like-dexter-morgan/
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/psychology-culture/2013/09/breaking-bad-and-the-psychology-of-evil-part-1/
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-most-villains-in-fairy-tales-women list of villain archetypes for writers
https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/09/13/the-psychology-superheroes-and-villains/43ukfWyuIHdeOKC5wv8P9M/story.html heros vs villains
Interesting analysis of reactions to different archetypes http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/6938/volumes/v16/NA-16
Archetypes and child developmentHaven’t looked at this properly. Ask for more later when you know how you want to use idea of archetypes.
Wikipaedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypes references some useful theorists Levi-Strauss ('the structure of primitive thoughts is present in our minds' – this book looks good https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PfONDUC27BoC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=levi+strauss+archetypes+evil&source=bl&ots=hj5fO_GXvC&sig=qLaHbmWJCANJMKi6CjjVu23PoVE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-2uPygK3JAhVh6aYKHZR5CusQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=levi%20strauss%20archetypes%20evil&f=false ), Charles Darwin ( "social instincts") Piaget ( 'schemata' which are innate and underpin perceptuo-motor activity and the acquisition of knowledge, and are able to draw the perceived environment into their orbit”)
http://phys.org/news/2010-05-psychologists-babies-wrong-months.html this study of morailty in pre-lingual babies might be worth following up
What Kids Buy and Why: The Psychology of Marketing to Kids By Daniel Acuff is on google Books. It has some really good analyses of child development. I did a search for “evil” and found some good bits. If you like it, look in Trove to see which local library has it.
https://prezi.com/tggwf2qhquik/the-psychological-impact-of-cartoons-on-children/ has a few good points
[http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/54th/FCDC_TVMM_Final_Report.pdf] Includes chapter on violence (may not be rel;event for you…)
Drawing Villainshttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2151185/The-reason-cartoon-villains-dastardly-Their-pointy-chins-make-feel-threatened--just-like-angry-face.html pointy chins
http://listverse.com/2012/11/22/top-10-ways-disney-corrupts-children/ what’s wrong with disney
disability touched on from your angle in this article: http://cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/718/624
And because I couldn’t resist – here’s the crazy Christian reading of Disney Films! http://consciousreporter.com/cultural-conditioning/disney-making-evil-look-good/
Villains from a writer’s perspective http://bigthink.com/against-the-new-taboo/creating-better-villains-part-1
Film Critiqueshttp://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/popcult/handouts/wenkeric.htm ON ACCENTS and archetypical roles – a different dimension you may not wish to explore but has adaptable concepts
Vader, Voldemort and Other Villains: Essays on Evil in Popular Media edited by Jamey Heit chapters 1 & 5 sound good but book’s not in any Aussie libraries. Check google books for part of Ch 1. Worth ordering?
Selection of films used by uni psychology course http://teachpsych.org/resources/Documents/otrp/resources/nelson06.pdf
Honours thesis on exactly your topic, film-wise http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=etd_hon_theses
http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2008/2008tonnt.pdf Same thing on Gender – not your topioc, but have a look at her methodology
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/7022365_Demonizing_in_Childrens_Television_Cartoons_and_Disney_Animated_Films also on-topic, but you have to login to read it. Use a fake identity – they likely sell your details…
NB: The Psychology theses are particularly useful because they have great bibliographies for fololow up!
An idea: Why not pick, for an adult film something like Dexter or Breaking Bad and talk about how “evil” is presented as entertaining and the antihero as someone to be understood and even admired!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-heroes-and-villains/201310/necessary-evil-documentary-exploring-super-villainy
http://psychologycorner.com/10-psychological-reasons-why-we-like-dexter-morgan/
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/psychology-culture/2013/09/breaking-bad-and-the-psychology-of-evil-part-1/