Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory Research Articles

Insights into the Deepest Recesses of Human Mind: A Comparative Analysis of Ghazalian Aql and Freudian Ego

The core objective of this study is to provide a venue to the integration of the spiritual insights of Ghazalian thought with the deep knowledge resulted from Freudian psychoanalysis. A descriptive and analytical approach has been adopted to analyze Ghazalian concept of aq’l and Freudian ego. Zepetnek’s (1998) theory of comparative literature has provided guidelines for a thorough analysis of both the models. This analytical approach may guide us to an alternative critical agenda for having a better grasp of the human psyche. The findings of the study reveal that both aq’l and ego are the conscious parts of the psyche which use logical thinking and mediate between the deep levels of the psyche and the external reality. Freudian ego develops out of modification of the id, playing the role of a mediator between the id and external reality. Likewise, Ghazali gives a leading position to the intellect or aq’l which comprises reason, the capacity to discriminate vice and virtue. Besides, the current study proceeds from the postulation that despite the fact that Freudian psychoanalytic theory has brought forward insightful psychological considerations, equally appropriate readings will probably result from analyzing Ghazalian theory of soul. At the same time, it is also hoped that the insights brought forth by this study may open new vistas for the study of human nature.

The Untimely Death, Fall of the Male Figure and Disintegration of Family in Albee’sA Delicate Balance

Based on a Freudian psychoanalytic theory, this paper investigates the failures of 1 family in relation to the sudden and untimely death of their only son, Teddy in Edward’s Albee’s A Delicate Balance. It explores Tobias’s personality in terms of Freudian psychoanalytic concepts: sexuality, melancholia, the tripartite psyche and defence mechanisms in order to reveal the unconscious motivations for his behaviour and actions. It also exposes the underlying psychological causes that precipitate the emergence of Tobias’s abnormal character, sexual deviation and the defence mechanisms he adopts so as to defend his ego against feelings of pain and anxiety. The paper attempts to show that the traumatic experiences a person undergoes through his/her life affect his behaviour and actions, and leave a deep scar on his/her own psyche. Besides, it argues that the fear of the unknown, or death, is the catalyst for change in A Delicate Balance and the matter that impacts Tobias and triggers his perverse, passive and indifferent personality.In Albee’s A Delicate Balance, a dysfunctional family is troubled by the death of a family member that occurred more than 30 years ago. Teddy’s death has traumatised the entire household and dated its gradual downfall. Tobias, the father, seems to be the one most shaken by it and on whose account, each and every family member sustains heavy losses. The loss of Teddy makes Tobias hand his role as the head of the family over to his wife, Agnes, and causes his emotional and physical estrangement from her. Afraid to experience another heartbreak, Tobias almost cuts his emotional ties with his daughter, Julia who feels abandoned and unwanted after her brother’s death. Claire loses favour with her sister, Agnes, and sinks deeper in her mess. Suspecting her own sister of seducing Tobias right after Teddy’s death, Agnes incurs a triple loss of son, husband and sister. In all, the Tobias household is rocked to its foundation by Teddy’s death and its corollaries continue to embitter the family and disturb its balance.

The Obsession of Women Characters in Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca'

The objectives of this study are to analyze how is the obsession of the women characters and to explain how the obsession of the women characters influences their behavior described in Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. The object of the study is a novel entitled Rebecca, written by Daphne du Maurier. This study is a descriptive qualitative study by applying Freudian psychoanalytic theory. The data of the study were collected by reading, identifying, inventorying, classifying, selecting, and reporting. By using Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the analysis focused on the women's character's obsession. The results show (1) Rebecca’s obsession in gaining power through fake appearances to get wealth and honor. Then, Mrs de Winter obsession in getting her husband’s love influenced by her father’s figure so that she has an electra complex. Further, Danvers obsession in loving Rebecca makes her have selfishness. (2) The influence of Rebecca’s obsession makes her have a narcissistic personality disorder. Then, the influence of Mrs de Winter obsession makes her envy, and finally she imitates Rebecca to increase her confidence in getting her husband’s love. Further, the influence of Danvers obsession makes her a Rebecca worshiper.
 Keywords: Characters, Obsession, Psychoanalytic, Rebecca, Women

Checklist of Welty Scholarship 2019

Checklist of Welty Scholarship 2019 Catherine H. Chengges This checklist is based on current listings in online bibliographies and research done through Carlson Library at the University of Toledo and on helpful information provided by publishers. Useful databases included Ebsco (Academic Search Complete), FirstSearch (WorldCat, WorldCat Dissertations and Theses), and ProQuest (DAI). 1. Bibliographies Chengges, Catherine H. "Checklist of Welty Scholarship 2017–2018." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 125–30. 2. Works by Welty "Eudora Welty." Die Paris Review Interviews 03, edited by Alexandra von Steffes, Lilienfeld Verlag, 2019, pp. unknown. [German Translation of "The Art of Fiction XLVII: Eudora Welty," Interview with Linda Kuehl 1972, also in Conversations with Eudora Welty, edited by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, pp. 74–91] "Eudora Welty (1978)." Interview with Jeanne Rolfe Nostrandt, Interviews from the Edge: 50 Years of Conversations about Writing and Resistance, edited by Mark Yakich and John Biguenet, Bloomsbury Academic, 2019, pp. 79–96. [Also in More Conversations with Eudora Welty, edited by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, pp. 14–30. Also briefly p. 4, 134] "Letter from Eudora Welty to Elizabeth Bowen, August 1951." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 5–8. "Photographs, 2019." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 9–10. "Review of Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, 1938." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 1–3. 3. Books Pollack, Harriet. New Essays on Eudora Welty, Class, and Race. UP of Mississippi, 2019. [See contributions below by Agner, Donaldson, Ford, Fuller, Griffith, Lumumba, Mark, McMahand and Murphy, Pollack, Taylor, Trefzer, and Warfield] [End Page 251] 4. Essays Agner, Jacob. "Welty's Moonlighting Detective: Whiteness and Welty's Subversion of the American Noir Tradition in 'The Demonstrators.'" New Essays on Eudora Welty, Class, and Race, edited by Harriet Pollack, UP of Mississippi, 2019, pp. 189–213. Baargavi, K. "Application of Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytical Theory in Eudora Welty's Selected Short Stories." Indian Review of World Literature in English, vol. 15, 2019, pp. 45–47. ["Clytie," "A Piece of News"] Bailey, Tracey. "Two Mississippi Writers: Collection Analysis on the Works of Eudora Welty and William Faulkner in Two- and Four-Year Colleges in Mississippi." Mississippi Libraries, vol. 82, no. 1, 2019, pp. 10–17. Balken, Mackenzie. "Seeing Self Otherwise: Orphaned Otherness and the Power of Narrative in Eudora Welty's 'Moon Lake.'" South Central Review, vol. 36, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1–18. Basseler, Michael. "Epistemological Uncertainty and Knowledge of Maturation in Stories of Initiation: Sherwood Anderson's 'I Want to Know Why,' Eudora Welty's 'A Visit of Charity' and 'A Memory,' and Junot Diaz's 'Ysrael.'" An Organon of Life Knowledge: Genres and Functions of the Short Story in North America, Transcript Verlag, 2019, pp. 141–62. ———. "Gerontophobia, Ageism, and the Wisdom of Later Life in Stories of Aging: Willa Cather's 'Old Mrs. Harris' and Eudora Welty's 'Old Mr. Marblehall.'" An Organon of Life Knowledge: Genres and Functions of the Short Story in North America, Transcript Verlag, 2019, pp. 195–216. Berger, Dianne. "Eudora Welty's Family Elegies: One Writer's Beginnings and The Optimist's Daughter." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 77–81. Betts, Doris. "'Where Is the Voice Coming From?' By Eudora Welty." Why I Like This Story, edited by Jackson R. Bryer, Camden House, 2019, pp. 43–50. Bezbradica, Viktorija. "Eudora Welty's Cyclical Temporality: Intersections among Memoir, Nonfiction, and Fiction." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 83–90. [One Writer's Beginnings, The Optimist's Daughter, The Eye of the Story] Bloom, Harold. "Eudora Welty (1909–2001)." The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Pynchon, edited by David Mikics, Library of America, 2019, pp. 285–94. ["A Still Moment," "The Burning"] Brandon, Caroline. "2018 Eudora Welty Research Fellow Report: Revisions and Revelations in A Curtain of Green and Other Stories." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 115–23. Crews, Elizabeth. "'The Still-Existing Parts of Life,' Part I: The Early Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Mary Louise Aswell." Eudora Welty Review, vol. 11, 2019, pp. 33–46. Currey, Mason. "Eudora Welty." Daily Rituals: Women at Work. Alfred A. Knopf, 2019, pp. 290–92. Donaldson, Susan V. "Faltering Narrative: Eudora Welty's 'The Burning...

Salpuri-Chum, A Korean Dance for Expelling Evil Spirits: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of its Artistic Characteristics by Eun-Joo Lee and Yong-Shin Kim

Reviewed by: Salpuri-Chum, A Korean Dance for Expelling Evil Spirits: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of its Artistic Characteristics by Eun-Joo Lee and Yong-Shin Kim Margaret Coldiron SALPURI-CHUM, A KOREAN DANCE FOR EXPELLING EVIL SPIRITS: A PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION OF ITS ARTISTIC CHARACTERISTICS. By Eun-Joo Lee and Yong-Shin Kim. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Plymouth, UK: Hamilton Books, 2017. 94 pp. 26 B/W photographs. Paperback, $26.99 (£17.95); e-book $25.50 (£16.95). This slim volume is densely packed with information and analysis concerning Salpuri-Chum, a secular entertainment derived from a traditional shamanic ritual. The authors set out to discuss the nature of the dance form (its history, characteristics, and various styles) as well as its meaning and significance in relation to the "emotional dynamics of the Korean people" (p. 11), using Freudian psychoanalytic theory as an interpretive tool. Although its focus is clearly rather specialized, the book appears to be aimed at a more-or-less general audience, inviting the reader into the world of Salpuri-Chum and the spiritual and psychological traits of the Korean people. It should be of particular interest to Korean performance specialists and dance scholars. [End Page 290] Salpuri-Chum is a stately solo performance accompanied by a traditional musical ensemble of percussion, zither, fiddle, flute, and voice. Most important is the drum, which drives the sinawi rhythm, a unique feature of this dance. Both music and dance are semiimprovisational; the music does not follow fixed notation and there is a close and responsive relationship between dancer and musicians. Performers wear traditional Korean dress (usually white) and use a long white cloth that derives from shamanistic practice. It is the particular use of sinawi rhythm that connects this notionally secular entertainment to shamanic ritual (Gut) still actively practiced in Korea today. The relationship between shamanic ritual and popular dance entertainment is traced historically to the Gwangdaes, travelling street entertainers (mostly male), and Gisang, female hostesses with skills in singing, playing music, and dancing. Both genres incorporated elements of shamanic movement into their performances. The text begins with an interesting and helpful preface that sets out the rationale for the book and the organization of its argument. However, because each author represents a different speciality, the argument can seem somewhat disconnected. Eun-Joo Lee is a dancer, a "living human cultural treasure of Seoul Special City in the field of Salpuri-Chum," and her co-author is Professor Yong-Shin Kim, a specialist in psychoanalytic social and political theory. Thus, while the subtitle implies that the analysis will be a "psychoanalytic interpretation" of the dance, in fact the chapters on the dance and chapters on Freudian theory and psychoanalytic analysis of the Korean belief systems and national character are quite separate. The authors trace the development of modern forms of Korean traditional dance, and Salpuri-Chum in particular, to the work of Han Sung-Jun (1874–1941), a Gwangdae performer who established the Institute of Chosun Music and Dance in the 1930s. The central part of the book is given over to analysis of the various styles of Salpuri-Chum performance, accompanied by biographical information and a series of black-and-white photographs of the work of important interpreters. It is unfortunate that most of the photographs are of poor quality, and that neither the photographs nor the movement analysis provides a very clear idea about what the dance actually looks like. While there is an exceptionally detailed description of costumes, the description of the dance itself is rather vague (Han Young-Sook style is "stable and noble" [p. 50], whereas Lee Mae-Bang style is "nimble and delicate" [p. 51]). Thus, although the work is undoubtedly comprehensible to those familiar with the form, the non-specialist is left very much in the dark. The author, Eun-Joo Lee, includes discussion of her own background, training, and style in her examination of "Other Styles of Salpuri-Chum [End Page 291] as Local Cultural Treasures" (chapter 6) and "Salpuri-Chum and Other Korean Traditional Dances" (chapter 7), but she does so in the third person and without acknowledging her own stake in the discussion, which seems disingenuous at best...

Freud and Heidegger on the ‘Origins’ of Sexuality

While Freud and Heidegger were antipathetic towards one another’s ideas, a number of commentators have argued that the Freud–Heidegger relation is actually quite complementary. This paper contributes to this position by engaging with the relationship through the mediation of their respective views on the ‘origins’ of sexuality; a topic that is implicit to Freudian psychoanalytic theory and which is often taken to be absent from Heidegger’s, with the consequence that it has been ignored when bringing them into conversation. Having shown that in the 1928 lecture course The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic, Heidegger does in fact address the question of sexuality in relation to the neutrality of Dasein outlined in the previous year’s Being and Time, I (1) bring Freud and Heidegger into conversation on the question of the ‘origins’ of sexuality to suggest that there is a strong affinity between the two on this issue, insofar as both (2) argue against any form of sexual essentialism by depending upon a processual (rather than substantial) ontology and affirming an originary sexual indeterminateness, which in the case of Freud takes the form of an initial bisexuality and in the case of Heidegger an ontological sexual neutrality, before (3) concluding that, while Freud’s initial bisexuality forecloses sexuality within a binary framework, Heidegger’s notion of an ontological sexual neutrality does not, and so goes furthest in laying the ground for a rethinking of sexuality in non-essentialist, non-binary terms.

Imperium of the soul: The political and aesthetic imagination of Edwardian imperialists, by Norman Etherington

Reviewed by: Imperium of the soul: The political and aesthetic imagination of Edwardian imperialists by Norman Etherington Philip Steer (bio) Imperium of the soul: The political and aesthetic imagination of Edwardian imperialists, by Norman Etherington; pp. xvii + 246. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017, £80.00, £20.00 paper, $120.00, $30.00 paper. Historians generally seem to take a dim view of literary critics and their lamentable tendency to make claims about the past on the basis of poetry or prose, so it is always of interest when the situation is reversed and a historian ventures onto the terrain of narrative interpretation. It is no doubt unfair, but for the price of admission I expect to be smitten, to feel the full force of the archive brought down upon me, to stagger away convinced of my methodological inadequacies and undue partisanship. Whatever else it is, Norman Etherington's Imperium of the soul: The political and aesthetic imagination of Edwardian imperialists is certainly staggering. The preface describes a work that has taken a whole career to write, beginning with the publication of an essay on H. Rider Haggard in this very journal back in 1978: "Other projects got in the way, notably nine other books between 1978 and 2008" (xiii). The subject of Etherington's enduring passion is the intersection between the art and politics of conservative writers and artists who took on imperial themes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It would be nice to have more insight into the book's Edwardian parameters, and the selection of case studies—one figure per chapter—feels a little ad hoc, but it nevertheless has an intriguingly interdisciplinary range and demonstrates a remarkable archival mastery, for it covers not only the fiction of Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, John Buchan, and Joseph Conrad, but also the careers and works of Lawrence of Arabia, architect Herbert Baker, and composer Edward Elgar. Etherington argues that all these figures identified and exploited parallels between the idea of empire's civilizing mission and Freudian psychoanalytic theory, in particular [End Page 502] the fundamental concern of both with a struggle between civilized order and savage disorder: "my major theme: the invocation of the imperial vs savage metaphor in relation to the psyche" (xiii). This manifests itself as much in the concealed interiors of Baker's monumental commissions in South Africa, and in the related nature of ostensibly oppositional themes in Elgar's Symphony No. 1, as in Kipling's representations of "a whole universe of perverse and forbidden pleasures" in his fictions of India (38). Etherington's key to all imperial mythologies is a straightforward psychoanalytic model of unconscious desire and repression. Despite having carefully selected his case studies to fit this approach, he nevertheless struggles at times to articulate the relationship between the imperial and the psychological, and in this regard E. B. Tylor's anthropological theory of survivals, and its influence on the writers and theorizers of the imperial romance, feels like a missing link in the project. At a local level, its psychoanalytic claims often take a highly speculative tone, as in the "shapeless figure of Huneefa" in Kipling's Kim (1901), which is deemed "inchoate (a female breast?) and thus far less threatening" (63). Taken as a whole, moreover, Etherington's approach often feels dated and familiar, at times resembling an extended elaboration on Patrick Brantlinger's notion of the imperial gothic. This is perhaps not surprising given that the first chapter reprints in its entirety that original 1978 article on Haggard, and those forty-year-old insights underpin all the subsequent readings. One of the most useful aspects of Imperium of the soul is the way it draws connections among its key figures, as each successive chapter unravels another knot in the Empire's tangled homosocial networks of artists and politicians. At the same time, although so much of this book focuses on works of literature, and Etherington is clearly enthralled by much of his subject matter, it is hard to avoid the sense that he more or less disdains the procedures and insights that literary criticism and theory have to offer. "I approach my subject matter primarily as a historian of...

Psychoanalysis Ego Image by Freudian: Study of Psychology in the Main Character of the Tale of Hang Tuah

The tale of Hang Tuah is one type of old literature. This folklore tells the story of the main character named Hang Tuah who became the commander of a kingdom in a Malay land called the kingdom of Malacca. The purpose of this study is to analyze the psychology of the main character of the tale of Hang Tuah based on Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory. This study uses descriptive qualitative study by analyzing the contents contained in the tale of Hang Tuah by Bot GenootSchap. The data in this study are in the form of behavior carried out by the main character, and the psychology of the main character based on the actions taken. Data sources in this study are in the form of a book entitled the tale of Hang Tuah, supporting primary books, and relevant journals and research as well. The data analysis technique used in this study is content analysis. The results of this study can be concluded that Based on the analysis carried out on the tale of Hang Tuah story script, it can be concluded that the character, Hang Tuah, has a personality that is consistent with what is conveyed in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, especially in the ego aspect.

PSIKOANALISIS TOKOH REMAJA DALAM NOVEL MISTERI CINTA SEGI LIMA KARYA S.MARA GD

Teenagers figure in MCSL novels have psychological problems due to family chaos and divorce, they behave deviantly. This paper discusses the psychology of adolescent figures in the MCSL by applying Freud's psychoanalytic theories. Psychoanalytic theory is used to find out how deviations occur in characters and what causes them. The difference seen is in the way they react to the id and anxiety’s pressure. Not all teens react negatively or aggressively to the problems they face. Parenting style and closeness between family members determines the output of behavior that is raised by adolescents as a reaction to the problems they face. Adolescents with good parenting and closeness, to the parents, can refrain them from aggressiveness actions. S. Mara GD., as a novel writer, proved to be very capable of developing the personality of adolescents figures in his novel in real terms. The aesthetic and mimetic intelligence in the MCSL novel is shown by presenting teen figures who are psychologically real.

Anxiety and Defense Mechanism as A Means of Constructing Psychological Thriller in Hawkins’ “The Girl on The Train”

The topic of this study is Anxiety and Defense Mechanism as A Means of Constructing Psychological Thriller in Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train. The objectives of this study are to describe how anxiety and defense mechanism are described in Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train and to explain how anxiety and defense mechanism construct psychological thriller as represented in Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train. The object of the study is a novel entitled The Girl on the Train written by Paula Hawkins. This study is descriptive qualitative study by applying Freudian psychoanalytic theory. The data of the study were collected by reading, identifying, interpreting, and inventorying citations from the novel. Further, the data were analyzed based on Freudian psychoanalytic theory by describing anxiety and defense mechanism described in the novel. The data were also analysed by explaining how anxiety and defense mechanism construct psychological thriller. The results show there are three kinds of anxiety and six kinds of defense mechanism. Moreover, the results prove that those anxieties and defense mechanisms become a means of constructing psychological thriller since they make the characters suffer from psychological problem and become unreliable narrator, create plot twist, and make the novel become thrilling.
 
 Keywords: Psychological thriller; Freudian psychoanalysis; Anxiety; Defense Mechanism.

Psychological Analysis of Fatih’s Character-Building in Egosentris: A Novel by Syahid Muhammad

As current era necessitates access to information technology, people of all ages are exposed to the prevalent online hate speech. This literature analysis aims to analyse the psychological characterisation of Fatih, one of the characters in Syahid Muhammad’s novel Egosentris, to address how current social media interactions negatively affects one’s mental health. This article described characterisation and psychological conflict using the literary psychology approach based on Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, in line with the characterisation theory proposed by Nurgiyantoro (2007). Psychoanalytic theory is a staple theory of human personality that is often used in the world of literature, which is divided into three structures of human nature, i.e., id, ego, and superego. The analysis involved several steps, such as categorisation, tabulation, interpretation, inference, and validity of the data. The results of the study revealed that Fatih's personality in the Egosentris novel is kind, honest, sensitive, critical, and caring. Though in some situations, Fatih's character was found to employ some negative characters such as being stubborn, spiteful and bad-tempered. This present article also found the psychological conflict experienced by Fatih includes emotions such as anger, anxiety, fear, regret, pressure, and resentment. These kinds of psychological conflict have changed his personality to be an inclusive person. The study reflects the outcomes of psychological analysis on Fatih’s character to raise public awareness about regarding importance of noticing people’s mental health and to diminish the spread of hate comments and harmful speech to others.

Psychoanalysis and Affective Neuroscience. The Motivational/Emotional System of Aggression in Human Relations.

This article highlights the evolutionary biological epistemology in Freud psychoanalytic theory. The concepts of aggressive and sexual drives are cornerstones of the psychoanalytic epistemological system, concerning the motivational/emotional roots of mental functioning. These biological roots of mental functioning, especially with regard to aggressive drive, have gradually faded away from psychoanalytic epistemology, as we show in this article. Currently, however, Neurosciences, and in particular Affective Neuroscience (Panksepp, 1998), can help us to have a better understanding of the biological roots of human mental functioning. The motivational/emotional systems studied by Affective Neuroscience can give a new epistemological foundation to the aggressive drive concept in psychoanalytic theory. Over the course of human evolution, motivational/emotional systems have played a role in social relationships and also in mental functioning. In this regard, among the various types of aggression (ANGER in Panksepp taxonomy 1998) that we consider in our article, inter-male aggression, also named Dominance motivational/emotional system, is that which regulates social interactions between sexually matured adults. This type of aggression acts in complementary connection with FEAR motivational/emotional system that regulate submissive behavior and social defeat, and the latter one is of the more important stressors. The interaction between aggression and FEAR motivational/emotional systems gives rise to agonistic behavior or dominance/submission motivational/emotional system, as we propose in our article. There is now a large literature that identifies in the dynamic of Competitive behavior, which is one of the main factors of mental illness. When social interactions activate the competitive behavior, the subject can perceive himself as “destined to victory” or “destined to defeat,” activating either behaviors or emotions connected to the Involuntary Defeat Strategy or Involuntary Dominant Strategy (Sloman, 2002), which we can find in many types of mental disorders, for example, mood disorders or anxiety disorders.

Electra Complex and the Confusion of Albee’s Martha’s Sexual Identity: A Psychoanalytic Study

According to the Freudian psychoanalytic theory, earlier traumatic experiences highly influence the psychological development of personality. Freud also affirms that the earlier years of childhood development play a crucial role in the formation of personality. He states that all normal infants go through specific stages of psychosexual development that are naturally progressive, namely: oral, anal and phallic stages. Any disruption of or delay in the progress of any of the psychosexual stages or failure to cope with them causes the fixation of the libido at a particular stage. Martha, the central figure in Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, suffered from painful emotional experiences during childhood which gave her an unbalanced personality and a fragile ego. She lived a lonely and troubled childhood because she was abandoned and rejected by her father, a matter that has left a deep scar on her psyche. Martha also has a phallic fixation owing to the unresolved sexual conflicts during the phallic phase of the psychosexual development, a matter that negatively influences her personality. Applying Freudian psychanalytic theory, the aim of this study is to investigate the influence of past traumatic experiences of childhood on Martha’s behaviour and her psychological wellbeing. The study also seeks to uncover the impact of the unresolved Electra Complex on the development of Martha’s personality and her sexual maturity.

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Freud's Psychoanalytic Method in the Context of M. Bakhtin's Dialogue Philosophy: Literary Projection

As the title implies the article deals with Z. Freud's psychoanalytic method in the context of M. Bakhtin's dialogue philosophy. In the article M. Bakhtin's views on the question of dialogue are analyzed, attention is focused on distinguishing between Bakhtin and Freudian categories "dialogue", "personality". Z. Freud's psychoanalytic theory is considered in the context of Bakhtin's dialogical understanding. In his early works "The Author and the Hero in Aesthetic Activities", "To the Philosophy of Action" and "Freudianism", the problem ofmthe individual and the problem of culture are linked through the idea of dialogue. Dialogue as a form of thinking and cognition of reality is considered not only as a conversation of two of its participants, but as a polyphony of voices that exist at different times. Baktin opposes the categories I and the Other in the dialogue introduces the variations of Me to Others: "I-for-myself", "I-for-Other" and "Other-for-me". A word that is dialogical in nature is a part of both internal and external speech. A look at literature, which makes it possible to constantly explore its boundaries, expand the boundaries of the unknown and seek the meaning of the written, allows you to comprehend deeper issues of dialogic relationships.

Tristano’s Reichian Theory of Improvisation: Jazz of the Unconscious Mind

ABSTRACTControversial pianist and pedagogue Lennie Tristano (1919–1978) stands out as one of jazz’s most polarizing figures. His color-blind artistic ideology, Eurological improvisatory approach, and repeated condemnations of established African American artists problematizes jazz’s Afrocentric narrative while undermining his own canonic relevance. Time and again he challenged the idiomatic importance of figures like Coleman, Davis, Rollins, and Coltrane, unconvinced of their musics’ value and skeptical of their abilities to engage in “honest” music-making. These criticisms were informed, I argue, by unorthodox interpretive criteria largely overlooked by Tristano scholars to date. Here I assert that Tristano’s critical toolkit was comprised of analytical devices inspired by Neo-Freudian psychoanalytic theories of neurotic human selfhood. I also propose that his improvisational philosophy was informed by Freudian psychoanalytic concepts; and his students’ by the works of Neo-Freudian bio-psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. To do so, I identify public statements, published writings, interview responses, and criticisms by and from members of the Tristano School that indicate a collective familiarity with Freudian psychoanalytic theory, an interest in its musico-improvisational implications, and evidence of active attempts to incorporate it into their own improvisational approaches.

A Freudian Psychoanalytic Study of Causes of Usher’s Abnormal Personality in The Fall of The House of Usher

Allan Poe is an excellent poet and novelist in the 19 century of America. In short novel, he is the pioneer of the modern detective novels and modern science fiction, which is comparable to Mark Twin and William Faulkner. He promotes the artistic status of Gothic novel through the creative means of mental horror. This thesis tries to interpret the psychology of the Usher under the framework of Freudian psychoanalytic theory. This thesis can be divided into 3 parts. Part one is a brief introduction to Poe’s literary career, providing a relevant background to the interpretation of the novel. Part two interprets the main character’s psychology from the perspective of the structure of personality. Part three is the conclusion part of the thesis. Through the analysis of the novel, we can draw the conclusion that environmental factor plays an important role in shaping one’s personality.

Teoria psicanalítica, sexo e gênero: articulações em uma perspectiva anti-essencialista

O presente artigo discute contribuições psicanalíticas aos estudos sobre sexualidade e gênero. A teoria psicanalítica freudiana recebeu diversas críticas por parte dos teóricos de estudos de gênero que reconheceram, nas hipóteses aventadas por Freud, atitudes reducionistas e deterministas. Todavia, Freud foi um dos primeiros autores a propor leituras sobre a sexualidade que, justamente, evitavam tanto o reducionismo no entendimento de certas práticas sexuais – deixando de considerá-las sob uma perspectiva psicopatológica –, quanto a consideração segundo a qual haveria uma pré-determinação na sexualidade e nos gêneros, em termos biológicos. Com base no estudo histórico-epistemológico sobre o tema da sexualidade na psicanálise e na análise de um caso clínico freudiano, propõe-se uma leitura anti-essencialista que evita reducionismos no entendimento de questões referentes à subjetivação e privilegia o entendimento da subjetividade inscrita no domínio sociocultural.

Structural Determinist Aspects of Depression in Freud's “Mourning and Melancholia”

ABSTRACTThis article examines Freud's theory of depression based on his paper “Mourning and Melancholia” from the structural determinist paradigm. The reality of depression lies in the underlying structure of the mind in which Freud's libidinal drives and topographical structure of mind bring forth conflicts in relation to an object. Freud delves into the fundamental causes of depression and points out that loss of object, regression of libido into the ego, and ambivalence cause hidden conflicts, which manifest themselves as depressive symptoms and feelings. William Styron's Darkness Visible is used to illustrate its relevance to the structural determinist aspects of Freud's psychoanalytic theory of depression.

FROM GHOST TO ANCESTOR: SÁNDOR FERENCZI'S IMPACT ON CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK.

Beginning in the 1920s, Freudian psychoanalytic theory had a deep impact on social work practice and education and helped to professionalize clinical social work. Not as well-known was the role that Freud's patient and colleague Sándor Ferenczi played in this evolution. Through a review of the relevant literature and primary sources-some presented here for the first time-I will explore the ways in which Ferenczi's work directly impacted the development of clinical social work.