Abstract

The Illusory World of a Peculiar Man: A Psychoanalytical Study of Nicholai Gogol’s “Diary of a Madman”

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  • This research intends to present a psychological analysis about the main character of ―Diary of a Madman‖, a short story written by Nikolai Gogol

  • The aim of this research was to psychologically study the main character of Nikolai Gogol‘s ―Diary of a Madman‖. This short story is about a simple clerk who gradually detaches from reality and replaces it with his fantasies

  • Hallucinations, Disorganized Speech and Disorganized Behavior are four symptoms of this disorder that can be discerned in madman

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INTRODUCTION

This research intends to present a psychological analysis about the main character of ―Diary of a Madman‖, a short story written by Nikolai Gogol. He begins to believe that some extraordinary incidents are real He perceives things that other people do not; in other words, he imagines that he is perceiving matters that normally a person cannot perceive. What will be included is first of all the illustration of his Unconscious reaction toward the unbearable truth of his life His Narcissistic Affections, which a schizophrenic person usually experiences, will be explained according to Freud. In the third and final part of this research madman‘s place in Jacques Lacan‘s psychic model will be pointed out; which consists of three Orders: The Real, the Imaginary and the Symbolic In this model madman is unable to enter the symbolic; instead, he unconsciously remains in the imaginary and surrounds himself with false images of himself which eventually ends up with becoming absolutely psychotic. This research will be a study of the psychologically disordered madman

SCHIZOPHRENIC MADMAN
Delusion of Grandeur
Persecutory Delusion
Disorganized Speech
Disorganized Behavior
The Unconscious Self Against Reality
Schizophrenia and Narcissistic Affections
Oedipus Complex
Schizophrenia and Changes in Speech
LACANIAN ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
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