The present research study aims to psychologically interpret Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love (2005) and Man Walks Into a Room (2002) regarding the post-Jungian reading of anima, animus, and the collective unconscious. Andrew Samuels classified post-Jungian psychology into four types of psychology: I. Analytical Psychology. II. Archetypal Psychology. III. Classical Psychology. IV. Developmental Psychology. The History of Love (2005) demonstrates the destiny of Alma and Leo, who migrated to different countries: The United States of America and Poland. As the novel’s plot continues, their destiny gets closer and more appropriate. Man Walks Into a Room (2002) narrates the story of 36 years-old professor Samson, who loses his memory after an accident in New York’s streets. On the other hand, Samson leaves his wife and seeks a new life with his former student, Lana Porter. Furthermore, these characters in Nicole Krauss’s selected novels have multiple and different conflicts and issues to tackle. These post-modern novels by Krauss can be studied and investigated through the viewpoint of post-Jungian criticism. Anima is considered one of the essential critical terms by Jung. Anima resembles the presence of a feminine personality inside the masculine personality. Anima transfers from the unconscious to the conscious mind. Animus resembles the presence of masculine personality inside the feminine personality and transfers from the conscious to the unconscious mind. The final key term is the collective unconscious. The collective unconscious is the repository for collected human dreams, trauma, memories, and imaginations. Since these novels are culturally from Polish and American cultures, the readers and literary can understand the definition of collective unconscious from the viewpoint of cross-cultural differences. This research attempts to investigate the post-Jungian filter of anima, animus, and collective unconscious and represent how these terms affect the memory, identity, language, and ideology of characters. In this study, the exploration of the lives of notable characters can be performed in these novels.
