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Medea is a archetype that has been subjected to literature and art throughout the ages, and has not lost its attractiveness in every period. Toni Morrison's Beloved and Christa Wolf's Medal. The Voice (Medea) His works, called Sounds, re-create and transform the Medea myth in the Greek mythology. Beloved and Medea. It is seen that Stimmen, anarchist and Dionysical novel, created the heroes Sethe and Medea and the Mother Goddesses, who struggled with their values, opposed to the colonial Western society. In the work, Beloved and Medea. The mother's archetype, which is related to the Medea archetype in the Romans called Stimmen, will be tried to be compared with the method of archetype criticism in the context of the Apollon-Dionysos dicotomy. Sethe and Medea, the heroes of the works, will be assessed in terms of the concepts of Carl Gustav Jung's loving mother and terrible mother. This study, where Medea’s appearances in American and German literature are compared, aims to contribute to the comparative literature field with a different perspective.

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Medea, as a literary archetype has always been the subject of literature and art throughout the ages and has not lost its charm in any period. Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Christa Wolf’s Medea. Stimmen reproduce and transform the myth of Medea in Greek mythology. As matriarchal and Dionysian novels, Beloved and Medea. Stimmen, create goddesses through their protagonists Sethe and Medea who are opposed to the patriarchal, colonial Western society and struggle with its values. In this study, the mother archetype associated with the Medea archetype in the novels Beloved and Medea. Stimmen will be studied comparatively in the context of Apollo-Dionysus dichotomy using the archetypal criticism method. The protagonists of the works, Sethe and Medea, will be analyzed in terms of Jung’s loving mother and terrible mother archetypes. The aim of this study, in which Medea’s reflections in American and German literature are dealt with comparatively, is to contribute to the field of comparative literature with a different perspective.