Keywords:
Characters and characteristics in literature
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Psychoanalysis and literature
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Psychology in literature
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Literature Psychological aspects
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Motivation (Psychology) in literature
Description / Table of Contents:
One of literature's greatest gifts is its portrayal of realistically drawn characters--human beings in whom we can recognize motivations and emotions. In Imagined Human Beings, Bernard J. Paris explores the inner conflicts of some of literature's most famous characters, using Karen Horney's psychoanalytic theories to understand the behavior of these characters as we would the behavior of real people. When realistically drawn characters are understood in psychological terms, they tend to escape their roles in the plot and thus subvert the view of them advanced by the author. A Horneyan appro
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 287 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0585347417
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9780585347417
Series Statement:
Literature and psychoanalysis
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=2081646
DDC:
809/.93353
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280) and index
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Applications of a Horneyan approachHorney's mature theory -- A doll's house and Hedda Gabler -- The end of the road -- "The clerk's tale" -- The merchant of Venice -- Antigone -- Great expectations -- Jane Eyre -- The mayor of Casterbridge -- Madame Bovary -- The awakening -- Wuthering heights.
