Essays about: "Psychoanalysis"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 77 essays containing the word Psychoanalysis.
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16. When Escapism Becomes Neurotic : A Psychoanalytic Reading of Defense Mechanisms Employed in The Picture of Dorian Gray as a Medium to Escape Reality
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Using psychoanalysis as a theoretical framework, this essay examines the subject of escapism in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Defense mechanisms of the ego, first thought of by Sigmund Freud, allow for a clearer understanding of what takes place during the plot. READ MORE
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17. The Shameless Little Sister : A Psychoanalytic Approach to the Conduct of Lydia Bennet in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : In Jane Austen’s renowned Pride and Prejudice, published in 1813, the reader encounters love and marriage in the British middle-class during the nineteenth century. While the main focus of the novel is the love story between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, the reader also encounters the youngest Bennet sister, Lydia. READ MORE
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18. Strength in Numbers : A Feminist Analysis of The Color Purple by Alice Walker
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The Color Purple (1982) is a well-known feminist work of literature written by the ‘womanist’ Alice Walker. This analysis sought to analyse Walker’s novel in order to identify and discuss the criticism of patriarchal power relations in the novel. READ MORE
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19. Digesting the Pan-African Failure and the Role of African Psychology : Fanonian understanding of the Pan-African failure in establishing oneness and ending disunity/xenophobia in South Africa
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The study insists on understanding the miscarriage of “Pan-Africanism” and the role of “African” mentality with the help of Fanon’s psychoanalysis “Black Skin, White Mask,” exemplifying the immense colonial, slavery, and apartheid psychological damages experienced by Black individuals resulting Blacks/Africans self-hate and a desire to be “white” throughout the domain of Western culture, ideology, and language. To provide accurate analysis of the “Pan-African” failure to solve increasing blacks-hate-against-blacks/xenophobia in South Africa, concepts othering, mimicry, subaltern from the critical theory (postcolonialism) were applied. READ MORE
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20. SEXUAL ABUSE IN VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S LOLITA: A Psychoanalytic approach to Humbert Humbert’s Sexuality
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Through examining Humbert Humbert’s psychological defense mechanisms in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, this essay aims to analyze Humbert Humbert’s sexuality through the framework of psychoanalytic theory by demonstrating how Humbert Humbert’s abuse is employed as a psychological defense to process his sexuality. By analyzing his abusive actions, the results suggest that the reason for Humbert Humbert’s psychological defense is caused by his fear of abandonment that has been a constant issue throughout the novel, both physically and emotionally. READ MORE
