Essays about: "symbolic stage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words symbolic stage.

  1. 1. Willy Loman's Impact on his Own World : A Lacanian Analysis of a Life Lived in Incongruence

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Can Incegül; [2022]
    Keywords : psychoanalytic theory; Jaqcues Lacan; mirror stage; symbolic stage; language; unconscious; repression; regression; defense mechanisms; Willy Loman;

    Abstract : In the 1949 play The Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller depicts a man that goes through life without ever really understanding his own place in it. Willy Loman spends his life chasing a dream yet lacks the ability to achieve it. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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. 3. TO BE, BECOME AND BEHAVEOr : or my relationship with theory, creative process or taking refuge

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för scenkonst

    Author : Majula Drammeh; [2021]
    Keywords : Performance; Dance; Creative process; Documentation; Performer; Dancer; Agency; Art Theory; Performance Art; COVID19; Video; Feminism; Black Feminisms; Body Art; Somatic practice;

    Abstract : These pages include parts of the process diary, notes on process, reading, as well as photos from my research process.  These are abstracts of my research and therefore curated in their own right to show not only my somewhat sprawling process but also my honest attempt to share how I document and research in my process. READ MORE

  5. 4. Forsake Thy Art, Forsake Thyself : A Lacanian Reading of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Andreas Svensson; [2020]
    Keywords : Mirror Stage; Imaginary; Symbolic; Psychoanalysis; The Picture of Dorian Gray;

    Abstract : This essay argues, with the help of Lacanian psychoanalysis, that Dorian Gray, the protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s novel, fails to abide by the rules governed by the culture of society. It is argued that Lacan’s theories about the mirror stage develop Dorian’s character and his realizations of his true self as part of the culture which shapes him. READ MORE

  6. 5. Observations on de Bruijn graphs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH; Lunds universitet/Matematik (naturvetenskapliga fakulteten)

    Author : Jonathan Garbe; [2020]
    Keywords : de Bruijn graph; shift of finite type; symbolic dynamic; strongly connected graph; primitive graph; transitive shift; mixing shift; alternating colouring; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Abstract of chapter 1 For n >= 2 the number of mixing n-step subshifts of finite type (sft) over the alphabet {0, 1} is proven to be at least 15/16 times the number of transitive n-step sfts. A conjecture assumes the latter to be at least 2^(3*2^(n-1)-n). Abstract of chapter 2 The alternating colouring function is defined. READ MORE