Essays about: "Freudian repression"

Found 4 essays containing the words Freudian repression.

  1. 1. A Dystopian View of Women: How a Freudian reading of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four can be used in Swedish EFL classrooms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Daniel Pettersson; [2021]
    Keywords : psychoanalytic literary criticism; Sigmund Freud; EFL; Nineteen Eighty-Four; George Orwell; literary criticism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay shows how Freudian psychoanalytic literary criticism can be used to analyze representations of what could be called literary characters’ unconscious, i.e. their thoughts and dreams, to attempt to determine and explain their view of women. The analysis serves as an example of what EFL teachers can focus on regarding Freudian criticism. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Role of Defense Mechanisms in Willy Loman's Character : A Freudian and Marxist Analysis of Death of a Salesman

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Maya Noras; [2020]
    Keywords : Repression; Projection; Frustration; Defense mechanisms; Marxism; The American Dream;

    Abstract : The field of psychoanalysis makes it possible to make an in-depth study of the protagonist in the play Death of a Salesman. After performing such an analysis, this paper suggests that Willy suffers from mental illness and that he is obsessed with living the American Dream. READ MORE

  4. 3. What the Butler Recalled - Memory and Self-Deception in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Annika Jönsson Hall; [2012-06-28]
    Keywords : The Remains of the Day; Ishiguro; memory; Seven Sins of Memory; Freudian repression; literature reading;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on the main character, Mr Stevens, in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day and his recollections of his forty years as a butler at Darlington Hall. The novel, in the form of a diary, describes a six-day travel to visit the former housekeeper, Miss Kenton, and is concentrated on Stevens’s introspection and reflections on his memories. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Abyss of the Past : A Freudian Reading of Mo Hayder's The Devil of Nanking

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Elisabeth Rettkowski; [2012]
    Keywords : Freud; Sigmund; Hayder; Mo; repression; psychoanalysis; Nanking;

    Abstract : The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to submit the character of Grey in Mo Hayder's novel, The Devil of Nanking to a Freudian reading with focus on repression and trauma and their impact on sexual development and obsessive behavior. The analysis of to what extent Grey's past and present experiences form the cornerstone to her mental and sexual development including repression and obsession will be based on Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theories. READ MORE