When a literary work focuses on topics or ideas that can be understood by multiple cultures and societies, like death, love, or friendship, it is said to address themes. localized archetypal universal current

Universal

Something that is universal is said to be able to be understood by everyone. The idea is that everyone in the Universe would be able to understand the topics or ideas that the themes address. Localized themes are easily understood only by specific cultures or societies. Current themes would be issues that are only be understood by people today. Issues with cybersecurity for example would be a current theme as it did not apply 100 years ago. Archetypes can have a universal appeal but archetypal does not mean that it can be understood by multiple cultures and societies.

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