Essays about: "Sigmund Freud"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 essays containing the words Sigmund Freud.

  1. 6. Apollonian and Dionysian Psychology in The Age of Innocence : A Psychoanalytical Essay

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Isak Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Nietzsche; Freud; Wharton; Apollo; Dionysus; Psychology; Psychoanalysis; Literature;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 7. Thick Love : A Psychoanalytical Study of Mother-Daughter Relationships in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Khuteibe Hashim; [2021]
    Keywords : Psychoanalytical Criticism; Sigmund Freud; Jacques Lacan; Julia Kristeva; Beloved; Toni Morrison; Abjection; Semiotic; Symbolic; Imaginary; Mirror-stage; Defense Mechanism;

    Abstract : This study employs psychoanalytical theories to explore how the conscious, unconscious, and subconscious workings of the mind, combined with a search for identity, are presented and dealt with in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved (1987). It is done through a close reading and in-depth textual analysis of thematic concerns raised in the work. READ MORE

  4. 8. Repeating Despite Repulsion: The Freudian Uncanny in Psychological Horror Games

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Julia Jespersdotter Högman; [2021]
    Keywords : literature; game studies; video game studies; sigmund freud; the uncanny; english; english literature; literature studies; english studies; video game fiction; written fiction; silent hill; cry of fear; psychological horror; horror; horror games; psychological horror games; outlast; P.T.; games; narrative; narrative games; linear horror games; story games;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the diverse and intricate ways the psychological horror game genre can characterise a narrative by blurring the boundaries of reality and imagination in favour of storytelling. By utilising the Freudian uncanny, four video game fictions are dissected and analysed to perceive whether horror needs a narrative to be engaging and pleasurable. READ MORE

  5. 9. 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 humaniora

    Author : Santesson Papadopoulos Andreas; [2021]
    Keywords : Anxiety; Conflict; Defense mechanism; Escapism; Fear; Freud; Psychoanalysis; Rationalization; Repression; Ångest; Konflikt; Försvarsmekanism; Verklighetsflykt; Rädsla; Freud; Psykoanalys; Rationalisering; Repression;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 10. 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