Essays about: "Psychoanalysis"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 77 essays containing the word Psychoanalysis.
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11. Towards a transindividualist understanding of the pedagogical relation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)Abstract : This thesis consists of an analysis of the canonical notion of the pedagogical relation, as introduced by Hermann Nohl in the 1930’s following the tradition of pedagogy and education in Germany. This notion, which has both been central in current debates on educational theory, for example in the work of Norm Friesen and Tone Sævi, has certain implications and political consequences. READ MORE
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12. Apollonian and Dionysian Psychology in The Age of Innocence : A Psychoanalytical Essay
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The dichotomous concepts of order and chaos represented by the mythological Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus, as outlined by Friedrich Nietzsche in his controversial 1872 book on dramatic theory, The Birth of Tragedy, will in this essay serve as the primary literary concepts utilized in a psychoanalysis of the main character and his struggles in the American realist novel The Age of Innocence published in 1920. The social tragedy at the center of the novel written by the now canonical author Edith Wharton pits the protagonist, Newland Archer, against his own morality, in a battle between duty and passion, and conflicting personality traits. READ MORE
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13. Gender representation through the horrors of Fatal frame (2001) : Textual analysis into female gender representation in the Japanese survival horror game, Fatal Frame (2001)
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : Gender representation in the horror genre has many interesting discussions surrounding it through multiple perspectives such as psychoanalysis and culture. This article intends to expand the investigation of how female characters are portrayed in horror games. READ MORE
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14. No Need for Penis-Envy : A Feminist Psychoanalytic Reading of The Bell Jar
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay analyzes Esther Greenwood’s identity crisis, mental illness, and recovery in Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar (1963) from a feminist psychoanalytic perspective. The purpose is to understand the cultural and psychological mechanisms behind the main character’s situation. READ MORE
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15. A Question of Taste : Psychoanalytic Explorations of Aesthetic Dislike and Bourdieu’s Distinction
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : This dissertation approaches the question of taste and aesthetic dislike from a combined sociological and psychoanalytic perspective. Building on Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of art (most notably La distinction from 1979), I attempt to reconcile a view of aesthetic judgments as acts of distinction with a legitimate subjective dimension of aesthetic enjoyment. READ MORE