Del 35 i serien French Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

«The Return of the Repressed»: Uncovering Family Secrets in Zola’s Fiction

An Interpretation of Selected Novels

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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This book analyses one of the many levels of complexity not readily apparent to the reader of Zolas fiction: the question of the authors family secrets. The novels addressed here present a variety of sub-textual issues highlighting Zolas sexual insecurity and anxiety. Their analysis reveals a mystery related to female sexuality that pervades the narratives of Thrse Raquin and La Fortune des Rougon, and that is silently transmitted in Madeleine Frat, La Faute de lAbb Mouret, La Bte humaine, La Cure, Nana, Le Docteur Pascal and Vrit. The novels are explored from the standpoint of psychoanalytical criticism, a tool particularly appropriate for examining Zolas language and illuminating the recurrent theme of the Return of the repressed. Four psychoanalytical theories are adopted: Nicolas Abrahams and Maria Toroks theories of psychic development (presenting the concept of the phantom) and Sigmund Freuds and Jacques Lacans theories of infantile sexuality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-11-24
Mått150 x 225 x 20 mm
Vikt480 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieFrench Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Antal sidor325
Upplaga15001
FörlagPeter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN9783034319829

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Rita Oghia-Codsi obtained a doctorate in nineteenth-century French studies from Royal Holloway, University of London for a thesis on the return of the female phantom in selected novels from Zolas Rougon-Macquart series. Her main research interests are the relationship between psychoanalysis and literature, feminist literary theory, comparative literature and the history of philosophy. Her recent publications include Exploring the Origins of Creativity in Zolas La Fortune des Rougon, for the Bulletin of the Emile Zola Society. She is currently working on Henry James, Octave Mirbeau and Emile Zola.

Contents: The Function of the Unconscious in the Selected Novels of Emile Zola The Death-Drive and the Return of the Repressed in La Fortune des Rougon, Thrse Raquin and Madeleine Frat The Function of Dreams in La Faute de lAbb Mouret and La Bte humaine Prostitution and Nineteenth-Century Female Discourse in La Cure and Nana The Connection between Gestation and Heredity in Le Docteur Pascal, or the Secret Exposed The Nature of Truth in Vrit Conclusion of Arguments Presented on Zolas Language.